# Accident 20130901017339A: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, Sisters, OR, September 1, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2013, 18:00 local time
- Place: Sisters, OR
- Airport: Sisters Eagle Air
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3031° N, 121.5319° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3031&lon=-121.5319&mi=10
- Aircraft: N102HA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N102HA-2017-04-06) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA396](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA396) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130901017339A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED TO SHERIFF ON SCENE ON 09/01/2013 THAT HE WAS ENROUTE FROM COEUR D' ALENE, ID TO SACREMENTO, CA, BUT ENCOUNTERED WEATHER AND WINDS THAT DELAYED HIS FLIGHT AND THAT HE LANDED AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP 6-7 MILES EAST OF SISTERS AIRPORT TO CHECK HIS FUEL LEVEL.  PILOT REPORTED TO SHERIFF THAT HE HAD CALCULATED HIS REMAINING FUEL WOULD ALLOW APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES OF FLIGHT TIME LEFT AFTER TAKE OFF.  PILOT REPORTED HE WAS FLYING AT 15 FEET (AGL) AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND THEN QUIT APPROACHING THE SISTERS AIRPORT.  PILOT TOLD SHERIFF HE WAS FLYING AT ABOUT 40 KNOTS WHEN THE AIRPLANE "JUST DROPPED OUT OF THE SKY," AND THAT "HE DID NOT HAVE ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE PLANE, IT JUST RAN OUT OF FUEL."

THE AIRPLANE CRASH LANDED IN SOFT DIRT ABOUT 200 YARDS SOUTH OF RUNWAY MIDFIELD. NO TIRE TRACKS OBSERVED BEHIND AIRPLANE FROM CRASH SITE PHOTOS.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT INCURRED, FIREWALL AND FUSELAGE STRUCTURES NEAR RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SERIOUSLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING IMPACT.  BOTH WINGS APPEARED INTACT AND UNDAMAGED.

## 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 WPR13LA396](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA396), Sep 2, 2013: Flight Design Ctsw (N102HA), Sisters, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight fuel planning and poor decision-making, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the lack of…

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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