# Incident 20081123854679I: Flight CTSW, Lorain/Elyria, OH, November 23, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2008, 16:08 local time
- Place: Lorain/Elyria, OH
- Airport: Lorain County Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3443° N, 82.1776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LORAIN COUNTY RGNL (LPR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3443&lon=-82.1776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N462CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N462CT-2018-03-08) (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: FLIGHT CTSW
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 85 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081123854679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N462CT DEPARTED BKL VFR ENROUTE FOR LPR.  AT 2215Z PILOT REPORTED TO ATC THAT HE WAS HAVING ENGINE PROBLEMS, NO THROTTLE RESPONSE.  ATC LOST COMMUNICATION WITH N462TC.  PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD IN AVON LAKE, OH.  POST INCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT NOTED ALL MECHANICAL SYSTEMS WERE FUNCTIONAL.  OF A TOTAL FUEL CAPACITY OF 34 GALLONS, 3.25 GALLONS WERE DRAINED, ALL FROM THE RIGHT WING, ONE GALLON UNUSABLE.  THE RIGHT WING SIGHT GAUGE WAS READING 6 GALLONS.  IT IS BELIEVED THA THE PILOTS FLIGHT MANEUVERS AND AN EMPTY LEFT WING CONTRIBUTED TO THE LOSS OF POWER.

## Other reports on N462CT (1)

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

- [Incident 20080414847779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080414847779I), Apr 14, 2008: Amtr CTSW (N462CT), Lorain/Elyria, OH, No damage. (-23) During cruise aircraft experienced loss of power, engine tried to restart when banking. Aircraft landed in cornfield with no damage to aircraft or…

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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