CubCrafters CCX-2000 N822TL

Summary

On 19 September 2024 at about 16:03 local time, a CubCrafters CCX-2000 registered N822TL, operated by River Bay Aviation Cub, LLC, was involved in an accident near Kremmling, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 September 2024 at 16:03

Classification

Accident

Location

Kremmling, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Mc Elroy Airfield (20V)

Coordinates

40.0552, -106.3749

Aircraft

CubCrafters CCX-2000

Registration

N822TL

Category

Airplane

Year built

2024

Engines

1

Operator

River Bay Aviation Cub, LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Steamboat Springs → Kremmling

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN24LA374

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during an aborted landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was conducting a three-point landing in his tailwheel-equipped airplane when it began drifting left of the runway centerline after touchdown. The pilot decided to abort the landing by moving the throttle to full engine power. However, with the additional left-turning-tendencies associated with the engine at takeoff power, the pilot was unable to maintain directional control and the airplane departed off the left side of the runway and into a drainage swale. The airplane became briefly airborne below normal rotation airspeed as it ascended from the opposite side of the drainage swale, after which the airplane pitched down and impacted the ground nose first. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, wings, and engine mounts. The pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions with the airplane and postulated that the accident might have been avoided had he continued with the full-stop landing (instead of aborting the landing).

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.