# NTSB WPR24LA311: Cub Crafters CC11, N30YC, Grand View, ID, September 23, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: September 23, 2024, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC) - Place: Grand View, ID - Coordinates: 42.9896, -116.0934 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9896&lon=-116.0934&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Taxi: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 195188 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR24LA311 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195188/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195188 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA311 ## Probable cause The pilot’s loss of control after encountering a dust devil during taxi. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Wind: dust devil/whirlwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034060): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cubcrafters CC11-160, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034060/cases.md?model=060006N), [All aircraft, 38 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034060/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Attain/maintain not possible (probable cause); cases with it: [Cubcrafters CC11-160, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md?model=060006N), [All aircraft, 1,269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Taxi: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Cubcrafters CC11-160, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=060006N), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md) - [Taxi: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cubcrafters CC11-160, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=060006N), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Taxi: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cubcrafters CC11-160, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=060006N), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot of a tailwheel equipped airplane reported that while taxiing after an uneventful landing, he encountered a dust devil, and the tail of the airplane began to lift. The pilot attempted to turn the airplane around to point it into the wind when the tail lifted further, and the airplane nosed over, resulting in substantial damage to the rudder and lift struts. The pilot reported there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N30YC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30YC), registered now, S/N CC11-00442, built 2024 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CUB CRAFTERS CC11 (160) - Registry model: [Cubcrafters CC11-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/cubcrafters-cc11-160) (registry code 060006N) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental OX-340 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-ox-340-series) (registry code 17489, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: CC11-00442 - Year built: 2024 - Airframe hours: 50 - Engines: CONT MOTOR OX-340CCB3J3N4 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Aerial observation, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental light sport (Special) - Last inspection: Unknown, February 9, 2024 - Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic primary flight display, Satellite tracking device ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 74; injuries: none; private, sport pilot; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: sport pilot; last flight review August 22, 2024; seat: front; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 839 total, 139.1 in this make and model, 839 as pilot in command, 38 in the last 90 days, 22.6 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 310° at 13 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 37 °F - Altimeter: 30.08 inHg - Observed at: KMUO, 39 nm away - METAR: KMUO 231955Z 31013KT 10SM FEW210 26/03 A3008 RMK AO2A SLP170 T02620034 $ ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20240923015169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240923015169A), Sep 23, 2024: Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160, Riddle, ID, Substantial damage. On 09/23/2024, at 1409 local time, a CC11-160 made a safe landing in a field in Riddle id. While taxing the aircraft into the wind a dust devil picked up the… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 13, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195188. 10.9 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 10.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18069006&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120.1_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 1 photo, 633 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18372295&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photos-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record a�� telephone interview, pilot (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 63 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18069025&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20MOR-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.