# Accident 20130707011469A: Flight Design Gmbh CTLS, Sandwich, IL, July 7, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2013, 10:50 local time
- Place: Sandwich, IL
- Airport: N/A
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6383° N, 88.6444° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6383&lon=-88.6444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N549LS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N549LS-2014-07-09) (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 912
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,340 total, 440 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA398](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA398) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130707011469A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CREVE COEUR AIRPORT(1H0), NEAR ST. LOUIS, MO ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT ENROUTE TO WAUKEGAN, IL (UGN).   PILOT CONTACTED ATC AND REPORTED FUEL PRESSURE PROBLEMS.  PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE AURORA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (ARR) AND LANDED IN A CORN FIELD ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARR.   PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. NO POST CRASH FIRE OR DAMAGE TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY ON THE GROUND.  VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

## 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 CEN13LA398](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA398), Jul 7, 2013: Flight Design Ctls (N549LS), Sandwich, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to recognize the formation of carburetor ice during cruise descent and apply carburetor heat, which resulted in the total loss of engine power.

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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