# Accident 20120725017979A: Flight Design Gmbh CTLS, Conway, AR, July 25, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2012, 09:00 local time
- Place: Conway, AR
- Airport: Dennis F. Cantrell Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0811° N, 92.4244° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0811&lon=-92.4244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N930SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N930SA-2013-04-30) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,876 total, 10 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA476](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA476) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120725017979A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 26, 2012 AT 1000 CDST, A FLIGHT DESIGN CLTS, N930SA, REGISTERED TO SPARROW FLYING CLUB, CONWAY, AR, WAS BEING OPERATED BY A CLUB MEMBER ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM SEARCY, AR (KSRC) TO CONWAY, AR (KCWS) ON A LEISURE FLIGHT. DURING THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 26, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) STATED HE WAS SHORT OF THE THREASHOLD AND NUMBERS AND WOULD BE LANDING SHORT ON THE EXTENDED THRESHOLD.  THE PIC STATED HE INCREASED POWER TO EXTEND HIS LANDING TO THE THRESHOLD.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN 95 FEET SHORT OF THE THRESHOLD MARKING LINE. AT TOUCH DOWN THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY APROXIMENTLY 100 FEET THEN COMING TO REST FACING 080 DEGREES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED WITH THE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE CERTIFICATED PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE SEARCY AIRPORT ON JULY 25, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 CDST.

## 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 CEN12LA476](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA476), Jul 25, 2012: Flight Design Ctls (N930SA), Conway, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and overstress failure of the right main landing gear.

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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