Monday, July 06, 2026

Cub Crafters CC19-215 NXCub, N80JA, incident occurred on July 4, 2026, near Spirit Lake Municipal Airport (0F3), Spirit Lake, Iowa

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this writing will be corrected when/if the NTSB preliminary report is released.

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N80JA

- History of Flight:
On July 4, 2026, at about 1043 local time, a Cub Crafters CC19-215 NXCub, N80JA, registered to Kemna Leasing Inc, sustained unknown, but apparent minor damage following a forced landing near Spirit Lake Municipal Airport (0F3), Spirit Lake, Iowa. The pilot was not injured.

The FAA reported that: "Aircraft made an emergency landing in a field after a piece of the tow bar swung up and struck the prop and the left float collapsed on landing."

ADS-B data shows that the airplane climbed to about 200 ft before starting a descent north of the airport.

Figure 1: ADS-B exchange data

- Weather:

METAR KSPW 041453Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW005 25/22 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP156 T02500217 55000

METAR KSPW 041542Z AUTO 29004KT 10SM BKN016 26/22 A3003 RMK AO2 T02610217

METAR KSPW 041553Z AUTO 23005KT 10SM OVC018 26/22 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP163 T02610217

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