# Accident 20120730029019A: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, Hutchinson, KS, July 30, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2012, 12:30 local time
- Place: Hutchinson, KS
- Airport: Morris Yoder'S Private Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0653° N, 97.8606° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0653&lon=-97.8606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N460CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N460CT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Flight Design CTSW (registry code 0600001, https://openairdocs.org/model/flight-design-ctsw) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FLIGHT DESIGN GMBH CTSW
- Reported engine: ROTAX SEE BOMBADIER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor, private pilot, sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 3 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA499](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA499) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120730029019A

## Narrative

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

ON 7/30/2012, THE PILOT TRAVELED TO EL DORADO (KEQA) TO PICK UP A FLIGHT DESIGN LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT (N640CT) TO FLY BACK TO HIS HOME BASE NEAR HUTCHINSON, KANSAS. ONCE AT KEQA, THE PILOT RECEIVED A CHECKOUT IN THE AIRCRAFT WITH AN EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTOR IN THIS AIRCRAFT MAKE/MODEL CONSISTING OF SOME AIRPORT PATTERN WORK AND TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. PRIOR TO THIS INSTRUCTION, THE PILOT HAD NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THIS PARTICULAR AIRCRAFT MAKE AND MODEL. AFTER RECEIVING THE CHECKOUT, THE PILOT SOLOED THE AIRCRAFT AT KEQA FOR ONE TAKEOFF AND LANDING AND THEN DEPARTED SOLO BACK TO HIS HOME FIELD NEAR HUTCHINSON, KS.

NEARING HIS HOME BASE, THE PILOT RECEIVED A WEATHER UPDATE BY TUNING INTO THE HUTCHINSON ATIS IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING ON HIS GRASS RUNWAY 8 MILES S/W OF HUTHINSON (KHUT). THE PILOT SET UP FOR A 1 MILE FINAL TO RUNWAY 9 AT HIS HOME BASE. THE PILOT INDICATED HE USED 65 KNOTS AND 15 DEGREES OF FLAPS FOR HIS LANDING APPROACH. THE TOUCH DOWN SEEMED NORMAL, BUT AFTER APPROXIMATELY 100-200 FEET ON THE GROUND ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT LURCHED LEFT AND EXITED THE RUNWAY INTO AN  ADJACENT FIELD WERE ITS NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED ULTIMATELY CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER ONTO ITS TOP.

THE PILOT HAD REPORTED THAT THE RUDDER PEDALS WERE STIFF AND DID NOT RESPOND TO HIS INPUTS AS EXPECTED DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT AT HIS HOME BASE.

BECAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, BUT THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTING THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE THE DAY OF 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 CEN12CA499](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA499), Jul 30, 2012: Flight Design Ctsw (N460CT), Hutchinson, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of directional control during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N460CT (2)

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

- [Accident 20080621841689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080621841689A), Jun 21, 2008: Amtr CTSW (N460CT), Von Ormy, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft run out of fuel at 5000 MSL. Pilot landed on open field at a farm also used as landing strip. Pilot touched down past half distance from the…
- [Accident 20060530022239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060530022239A), May 30, 2006: Amtr CTSW (N460CT), Leesburg, VA, Substantial damage. (-23) Second flight of day thru klns/kjyo awas 010/05 departed jyo rwy 17 after rotation aircraft drifted right captain tried correcting but controls did not…

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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