# Accident 20090913050179A: Flight Desi CTSW, Gettysburg, PA, September 13, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2009, 09:30 local time
- Place: Gettysburg, PA
- Airport: Gettysburg
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8411° N, 77.2744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8411&lon=-77.2744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N466CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N466CT) (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 DESI CTSW
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 70 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA540](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA540) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090913050179A

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL ATTACHMENT FAILED, RESULTING IN THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL DEPARTING THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE RUNWAY GROUNDLOOPING AND COMING TO REST IN THE GRASS NEXT TO THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ERA09LA540](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA540), Sep 13, 2009: Flight Design Ctsw (N466CT), Gettysburg, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left main wheel attachment fitting due to overstress.

## Other reports on N466CT (1)

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

- [Accident 20160406005419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160406005419A), Apr 6, 2016: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW (N466CT), Hilton Head, SC, Substantial damage. 4/6/2016HILTON Head island, SC: N466CT, Ctsw/Flight design, VFR, sut-hxd, reported the loss of the engine approx., 5 miles from Hilton Head( khxd) airport and…

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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