# Accident 20120509007439A: Flight Design Gmbh CTLS, Moorhead, MN, May 9, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2012, 13:00 local time
- Place: Moorhead, MN
- Airport: Moorhead Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8392° N, 96.6639° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8392&lon=-96.6639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9922P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9922P-2013-08-09) (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 DESIGN GMBH CTLS
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 113 total, 15 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA295) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120509007439A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS FLYING FROM KFFM TO KFAR WITH AN INTERMEDIATE STOP AT KJKJ (MOORHEAD). WHEN LEAVING KFFM, WINDS WERE LIGHT. UPON ENTERING KFARS TRSA, THE PILOT CONTACTED APPROACH. HE WAS GIVEN A SQUAK CODE AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE WINDS AT KFAR WERE CALM. THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO OVERFLY KJKJ AND THE WINDSOCK INDICATED A CROSSWIND BUT NOT STRONG. HE SET UP FOR APPROACH AND CALLED HIS ENTRY AT DOWNWIND BASE AND FINAL. THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL UNTIL JUST ABOVE THE RUNWAY ON FINAL WHEN HE SUDDENLY NEEDED AILERON INTO THE WIND. HE USED RUDDER TO TRY TO SQUARE THE LANDING WITH THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE BELIEVES THAT EFFORT SLOWED THE PLANE ENOUGH FOR IT TO STALL AND LAND HARD. ON TOUCHDOWN HE FOUND HIMSELF AT THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY WITH THE NOSE WHEEL POINTED LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DEPARTED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE DITCH BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY, HITTING TWO RUNWAY LIGHTS.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ALONG THE DITCH HITTING THE INTERSECTING TAXIWAY PAVEMENT EDGE, SENDING THE AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE BRIEFLY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY IN THE DITCH LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. AT THIS POINT THE NOSE WHEEL SEPERATED THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE INTO THE DIRT AND FLIP OVER. THE PILOT SHUT OFF SWITCHES AND FOUND HIS SEATBELT/HARNESS RELEASE BUTTON AND CLIMBED OUT THE BROKEN PILOT SIDE WINDOW. THE PILOT SHUT OFF THE FUEL AND SWITCHES INTIALLY MISSED. HE THEN WALKED TO THE KJKJ TERMINAL AND CALLED FSS TO REPORT THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN12CA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA295), May 9, 2012: Flight Design Ctls (N9922P), Moorhead, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure to maintain adequate airspeed for the wind conditions during landing, which resulted in a loss of airplane control.

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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