# Accident 20060810026499A: Amtr CTSW, Hillsdale, MI, August 10, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2006, 13:30 local time
- Place: Hillsdale, MI
- Airport: Hillsdale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9214° N, 84.5858° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9214&lon=-84.5858&mi=10
- Aircraft: N109CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N109CT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Flight Design CTSW (registry code 0600001, https://openairdocs.org/model/flight-design-ctsw) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CTSW
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 115 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06CA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA226) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060810026499A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON AUG 10TH, 2006, N109CT, A FLIGHT DESIGN CTRS LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT, DEPARTED HILLSIDE, MI. AIRPORT WITH ONE PILOT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING ON RUNWAY 10 WITH WINDS @ 140-4 TO 6 KNOTS. PILOT BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT HARD 3 TIMES, AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY AND FLIP OVER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED UPRIGHT AND TOWED TO HANGAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI06CA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA226), Aug 10, 2006: Flight Design Ctsw (N109CT), Hillsdale, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged flare which resulted in the hard landing and his improper recovery from the bounced landing which resulted in the overload failure of the nose landing gear and subsequent nose…

## Other reports on N109CT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20241017016949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241017016949A), Oct 17, 2024: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW (N109CT), Sanford, ME, Substantial damage. The pilot attempted a landing on runway 32. After touchdown, the aircraft veered to the left at which time the pilot applied right rudder. The aircraft veered…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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