Amateur-built SMITH SUPER CUB accident near Allisonia, Virginia, July 19, 2026
On July 19, 2026 at about 5:30 pm local time, a 2025 amateur-built SMITH SUPER CUB, registered N251HF, was substantially damaged in an accident near Allisonia, Virginia (None airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot’s inadequate lookout, which resulted in a collision with ground equipment during taxi.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- July 19, 2026 · about 5:30 pm local time
- Place
- Allisonia, Virginia · None · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Amateur-built SMITH SUPER CUB, built 2025
- Registration
- N251HF · registry record · serial JP001
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot reported that he performed four practice landings at the departure airport, to confirm landing performance, then continued to a private gravel airstrip. He overflew the airstrip and observed calm wind conditions, then performed another flyover to verify the runway was clear of obstructions. While on final approach, a gust of wind resulted in a temporary increase in airspeed then a touchdown farther than planned. After landing, during a “fast-taxi maneuver” he struck ground equipment that was obscured because of the tailwheel airplane’s nose-high pitch attitude. The landing gear collapsed, then the airplane then struck another piece of equipment, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot stated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
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
- 250200 during loss of control - in flight
The NTSB's findings
- Personnel issues › Psychological › Attention/monitoring › Monitoring environment › Pilot
Pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, none, APLN, helicopter, helicopter, SUAS
- Flight time: 1,697.7 hours in all; 8.8 in this make and model; 52.8 in the last 90 days; 23.5 in the last 30 days; 1,402.2 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: November 13, 2025
- Medical certificate: class 3
- Injury: no injuries
Passenger
No details recorded.
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 95.4 hours
- Last inspection: condition inspection, July 16, 2026; 24.8 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 2,400 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Lycoming AEIO-360-B2F (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Haidar Aviation LLC
- Operating certificate: in the vicinity
The flight
- Departed from: PSK Dublin VA at 4:46 pm
- Flight plan: VFR
- Runway None, 800 ft by 30 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: scattered at 2,300 ft
- Temperature: 81°C, dew point 70°C
- Altimeter: 30.040001 inHg
- Observation at 1:35 pm from HLX, 10 miles away
Weather report (METAR): METAR KHLX 191735Z AUTO 27006KT 10SM SCT023 27/21 A3004 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE E AND W
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number ERA26LA275.