# Accident 20110309004329A: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, Pittstown, NJ, March 9, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2011, 16:15 local time
- Place: Pittstown, NJ
- Airport: Sky Manor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5659° N, 74.9793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKY MANOR (N40), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5659&lon=-74.9793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N470Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N470Q-2011-12-06) (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 DESIGN GMBH CTSW
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 35 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110309004329A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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