# Accident 20100207036569A: Flight Desi CTLS, Ft. Myers, FL, February 7, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2010, 15:50 local time
- Place: Ft. Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5867° N, 81.8633° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5867&lon=-81.8633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N772CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N772CT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Flight Design CTLS (registry code 060005B, https://openairdocs.org/model/flight-design-ctls) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FLIGHT DESI CTLS
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 15 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100207036569A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ON FIRST SOLO TAKE OFF.  STARTED TAKEOFF ROLL WITH A RIGHT RUDDER OVER CORRECTION FOR TORQUE.  THEN AGAIN, OVERCORRECTED, THIS TIME TO THE LEFT.  DEPARTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE ON THE LEFT SIDE AND HIT RUNWAY SIGN.  AIRPLANE THEN FLIPPED OVER ON ITS' BACK.  PILOT EXITED THE AIRPLANE.  NO FIRE, NO INJUIRES.

## 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 ERA10CA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA137), Feb 7, 2010: Flight Design Ctls (N772CT), Fort Myers, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.

## Other reports on N772CT (2)

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

- [Incident 20150109000319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150109000319I), Jan 9, 2015: Flight Design Gmbh CTLS (N772CT), Fort Myers, FL, Minor damage. On January 9, 2015, at 1010 local time, a Flight Design Gmbh Ctls, N772CT, registered to paragon airplane leasing, during bi-annual the aircraft was cleared…
- [Incident 20120107002639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120107002639I), Jan 7, 2012: Flight Design Gmbh CTLS (N772CT), Fort Myers, FL, Minor damage. During a dual Flight instruction training Flight, the Flight instructor (CFI) decided to "stay on the controls" during the landing manuever. They executed a…

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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