NX Cub bounced landing (N69NX)

[Neal]

The airplane landed hard, bounced in the air and impacted the runway. The pilot and passenger suffered minor injuries.

One source says destroyed, another says minor damage:

https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:96:13696960317022::::P96_ENTRY_DATE,P96_MAKE_NAME,P96_FATAL_FLG:10-JUN-26,CUBCRAFTERS

Accident Cub Crafters CC19-215 NXCub N69NX, Tuesday 9 June 2026

The airplane landed hard, bounced in the air and impacted the runway. The pilot and passenger suffered minor injuries.

aviation-safety.net

 

[Waldom]

Cub Crafters made a good effort towards making the NX Cub idiot proof, but apparently some pilots take that as a challenge.

 

[Cactus Charlie]

ASN links a photo showing the accident aircraft on amphib floats. I don't know the configuration of the aircraft at the time of the accident but NX makes no difference if floats are fitted.

I have only flown straight floats so no knowledge of how challenging an NX would be on amphibs.

 

[Neal]

The link below is the news channel which shows this photo. Looks like "minor" damage

https://www.wmur.com/article/plane-crash-plymouth-new-hampshire-2-hurt-06092026/71539082

Also appears tailwheel config, not nosewheel as expected. This is why we pay what we do...

 

[Cactus Charlie]

Ok, so not on floats, thanks.

I'd like to see a video of how that landing got stuffed up so badly. Quite a bit of energy needed to do that much damage on a nice grass strip.

 

[Cactus Charlie]

Plymouth Fire press release here -


I did not find any other photos.

 

[Neal]

Not a good week for CubCrafters. 3 on the list now, another loss of control on landing (sport cub).

https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:93::🇳🇴

 

[Cactus Charlie]

another loss of control on landing

I'm curious - how many see any value in making practice wheel landings that progress to takeoff before tail lowering?

As a tail wheel instructor I thought wheel landings without tail lowering were of value only when introducing wheel landings. After the basics were understood I saw no value in making any landings that did not come to a full stop (or very close to a full stop) under control.

The FX-3 can be wheel landing at the same approach speed as for a 3 point landing. The transition to a wheel landing can happen after the 3 point landing flare has started. Why do so many insist on making high speed wheel landings?

 

[lrobichaux]

Is it just me, or does that NOT look like an NXCub? Where is the beefy nosewheel assembly?

 

[Cactus Charlie]

One of the selling points of the NX Cub is that it can be quickly converted between nose wheel and tailwheel configurations. This NX Cub was converted from amphib floats to tail wheel but I don't know how it left the factory.

CubCrafters has a promotional video of the nose to tailwheel conversion. It requires removing the the main gear leaf spring and rotating it 180 deg so it sweeps forward for tailwheel and sweeps aft for nose wheel configurations.

(I wonder if these posts will vanish when the server backup is restored.)

 

[Neal]

(I wonder if these posts will vanish when the server backup is restored.)

No, the server is restored, ops normal going forward.