Cub Crafters CCX-2000 accident near Kremmling, Colorado, September 19, 2024
On September 19, 2024 at about 4:03 pm local time, a 2024 Cub Crafters CCX-2000, an amateur-built aircraft,, registered N822TL, was substantially damaged in an accident during landing (aborted after touchdown) near Kremmling, Colorado (Mc Elroy Airfield). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). 1 person had minor injuries. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during an aborted landing.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made November 2, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- September 19, 2024 · about 4:03 pm local time · cases in 2024
- Place
- Kremmling, Colorado · Mc Elroy Airfield · cases near this airport · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 1 person had minor injuries.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cub Crafters CCX-2000, built 2024, amateur-built
- Registration
- N822TL · registry record · serial CCX-2000-0191
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
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).
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Loss of control on ground during landing (aborted after touchdown) defining event
- Runway excursion during landing (aborted after touchdown)
- Collision with terrain or object (not controlled flight into terrain) during landing (aborted after touchdown)
The NTSB's findings
- Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters › Directional control › Not attained/maintained
- Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info › Aircraft control › Pilot
Pilot
- Certificate: private
- Ratings: single-engine land; single-engine sea; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 1,728 hours in all; 15 in this make and model; 1,558 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: May 1, 2024
- Medical certificate: Class 3 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: frt
- Injury: minor injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 26 hours
- Last inspection: condition inspection, May 24, 2024; 26 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 2,000 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Carbon Cub CC363i (piston); 26 hours total
- Operator: River Bay Aviation Cub, LLC
The flight
- Departed from: SBS Steamboat Springs CO at 3:01 pm
- Destination: 20V Kremmling CO
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 09, 5,540 ft by 75 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 48°F (9°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter: 30.27 inHg
- Observation at 9:55 am from 20V
Weather report (METAR): METAR K20V 191555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/M01 A3027 RMK AO2=
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight crew | 1 |
Photographs from the investigation 5 pictures from the NTSB's docket, as the NTSB released them
Photo 1 – Airplane at accident site, rear
Photo 2 – Airplane at accident site, left
Photo 3 – Airplane at accident site, front
Photo 4 – Airplane at accident site, right
Photo 5 - Aft fuselage and tailwheel assemblyThe NTSB's photographs with the NTSB's captions, at screen size. Open a picture to see it full size or to report one that should not be shown.
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
5 documents, released by the NTSB on January 21, 2025. View them here, or download them; the NTSB redacts some personal details before release, and this site shows the NTSB's own titles rather than its file names.
| # | Document | What it is | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot/operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 | PDF, 10 pages | View Download |
| 2 | NTSB Record of Conversation | PDF, 2 pages | View Download |
| 3 | Pilot Flight Experience Summary | PDF, 2 pages | View Download |
| 4 | Meteorological Data | PDF, 2 pages | View Download |
| 5 | Investigation Photographs | PDF, 6 pages · our copy | View Download |
The same docket at the NTSB · documents without a copy here are fetched from the NTSB when you open them.
Connections how this case links to the rest of the register
- N822TL on the register today · the tail number may have moved to another aircraft since
- Cub Crafters 49 aircraft on the register
- Engine: Carbon Cub CC363i · as the NTSB recorded it
- MC Elroy Airfield · nearest airport
- Steamboat Springs/Bob Adams Field · departed from
- Accidents and incidents in Colorado 2,860 since 1982 · 383 in the last ten years
- Colorado 7,485 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/CEN24LA374.json.
The bigger picture in Aviation Analytics: accidents over time since 1982, by model, by phase of flight and conditions, by place and on the map.
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