- Date
- January 21, 2026, 14:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Alcova, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N972WYJordan Valley CCX-2000
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20260121000139A
- Case key
- 202330
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive brake application during the landing roll resulting in a nose over.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that he was attempting to land on an unimproved dirt strip. He encountered a slight tailwind when he crossed the runway threshold and while the airplane was fast he applied excessive braking. Subsequently, the airplane nosed over, which resulted in substantial damage to the forward fuselage and right-wing strut. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N972WY
- Reported as
- Jordan Valley CCX-2000
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CCX-2000-0034
- Built
- 2018
- Airframe hours
- 376.4
- Engine
- Aerosport CC363I, 187 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · September 10, 2025
- Departed
- CPR · Casper, WY
- Airport
- NA · Pvt, runway 05/23, 772 × 100 ft, dirt
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, Stall warning system, Handheld GPS
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Waiver time limited special
- Last flight review
- May 4, 2024
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 2,072 total · 240 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- CPR, 23 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KCPR 212153Z 01005KT 10SM CLR 01/M11 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP211 T00061111=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 14, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.6 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.