CubCrafters CC11-100 N787AK

Summary

On 1 June 2013 at about 15:50 local time, a CubCrafters CC11-100 registered N787AK, operated by George Hoover, was involved in an accident near Payson, Arizona, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 June 2013 at 15:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Payson, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Red Creek (N/A)

Coordinates

34.1561, -111.7228

Aircraft

CubCrafters CC11-100

Registration

N787AK

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

George Hoover

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mesa → Mesa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR13CA256

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing flare with a quartering tailwind.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he was flying a tail-wheel equipped airplane and conducting his second landing at a back country airstrip. During the landing flare, the airplane floated longer than expected and was starting to drift to the left side of the runway. The pilot added full power to go around when the left main landing gear struck a bush and the airplane turned sideways. The right landing gear collapsed and the right wing was substantially damaged when it struck the ground. The pilot reported that after exiting the airplane he noticed that the wind was a gusting right quartering tailwind. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operations.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.