20110309004329A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Flight Design CTSW · Pittstown, NJ · March 9, 2011

Date
March 9, 2011 · 16:15 local
Place
Pittstown, NJ
Airport
Sky Manor
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N470Q
Reported as
Flight Design Ctsw
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
6,700 total35 in this make and model84 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.

3/8/2011 privacy data omitted was performing pattern work with his student privacy data omitted. Approaching for soft field landing runway 07, with 40 degrees of flaps, (aircraft has no stall indication system), pilot was watching airspeed approximately 50 knots. Student rounded out 3 to 5 feet above runway, aircraft dropped and hit hard. privacy data omitted Commented about a cracking noise and aircraft appeared to be banking as the student powered back up. privacy data omitted Moved Flight controls to neutral, aircraft continued to right side of runway. Aircraft continued off the runway dragging the right wing tip. Aircraft continued up an embankment, nose gear collapsing and prop struk multiple times. Aircraft continued to pivot to the right causing the left wing tip to strike the ground and stop the aircraft at more then 90 degrees from the runway departure heading.

As the FAA filed it

3/8/2011 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PERFORMING PATTERN WORK WITH HIS STUDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. APPROACHING FOR SOFT FIELD LANDING RUNWAY 07, WITH 40 DEGREES OF FLAPS, (AIRCRAFT HAS NO STALL INDICATION SYSTEM), PILOT WAS WATCHING AIRSPEED APPROXIMATELY 50 KNOTS. STUDENT ROUNDED OUT 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT DROPPED AND HIT HARD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COMMENTED ABOUT A CRACKING NOISE AND AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE BANKING AS THE STUDENT POWERED BACK UP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MOVED FLIGHT CONTROLS TO NEUTRAL, AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF THE RUNWAY DRAGGING THE RIGHT WING TIP. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED UP AN EMBANKMENT, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING AND PROP STRUK MULTIPLE TIMES. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO PIVOT TO THE RIGHT CAUSING THE LEFT WING TIP TO STRIKE THE GROUND AND STOP THE AIRCRAFT AT MORE THEN 90 DEGREES FROM THE RUNWAY DEPARTURE HEADING.