# Accident 20140419005099A: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, Bloomington, IN, April 19, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2014, 12:30 local time
- Place: Bloomington, IN
- Airport: Monroe County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1458° N, 86.6167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1458&lon=-86.6167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N298AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N298AB) (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 SEE BOMBADIER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 438 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA207) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140419005099A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 19, 2014, ABOUT 1330 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A FLIGHT DESIGN LIGHT SPORT GMBH, MODEL CTSW, N298AB, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING AT THE MONROE COUNTY AIRPORT (BMG), BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17 AND THE WINDS WERE GUSTING FROM 14 TO 19 KNOTS OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST. DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE, THE AIRCRAFT LOST LIFT AND BEGAN TO DROP RAPIDLY. HE APPLIED FULL POWER, BUT THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RUNWAY HARD. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED, BANKED TO THE RIGHT AND BEGAN TO CLIMB. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BANKED LEFT, DESCENDED, AND HIT THE RUNWAY HARD AND CAME TO A STOP.THE PILOT REPORTED NO PRE-ACCIDENT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OR FAILURES WITH THE AIRCRAFT THAT WOULD HAVE PRECLUDED NORMAL OPERATION.

A WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING ON THE GEAR, BOUNCED, LANDED ON THE OTHER MAIN GEAR AND APPEARED TO BE OUT OF CONTROL AND LEAVING RUNWAY 17 TO THE EAST (LEFT SIDE). THE AIRCRAFT GOT AIRBORNE PRIOR TO LEAVING THE RUNWAY AND PULLED UP SHARPLY IN A LEFT CLIMBING TURN. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO STALL, CONTINUED THE LEFT TURN AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE COLLAPSING THE FRONT LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER.

EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) INSPECTOR REVEALED THAT THE IMPACT PRODUCED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FIREWALL JUST FORWARD OF THE L/H AND R/H RUDDER PEDALS.

## 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 CEN14CA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA207), Apr 19, 2014: Flight Design Ctsw (N298AB), Bloomington, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot did not maintain control of the airplane while landing.

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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