20090213025089I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gmbh CTSW · Bunnell, FL · February 13, 2009

Date
February 13, 2009 · 13:00 local
Place
Bunnell, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N381CT
Reported as
Gmbh Ctsw
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
76 total56 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During the landing phase, the pilot of N381CT lost control of the aircraft. The pilot in command stated that after a normal landing the aircraft started to swerve to the left and that he made control inputs to arrest the swerve but was unable to stop the airplane. The nose gear collpased, resulting in propeller strike and minor wing tip damage.

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE LANDING PHASE, THE PILOT OF N381CT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT AFTER A NORMAL LANDING THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SWERVE TO THE LEFT AND THAT HE MADE CONTROL INPUTS TO ARREST THE SWERVE BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRPLANE. THE NOSE GEAR COLLPASED, RESULTING IN PROPELLER STRIKE AND MINOR WING TIP DAMAGE.