# Incident 20140707012619I: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, Colorado Spring, CO, July 7, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2014, 11:14 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Colorado Springs Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N359CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N359CT) (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: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 66 total, 66 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140707012619I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT PRACTICING TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS. ON THIRD LANDING, DURING THE FLARE, PILOT STATED THAT A WIND GUST PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN TO THE RUNWAY, NOSE FIRST. PILOT BELIEVES THAT IS WHEN THE PROP TIPS HIT THE RUNWAY. AFTER GAINING CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, PILOT COORDINATED WITH THE CONTROL TOWER TO TAXI OFF THE RWY, SHUT DOWN AND CHECK THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER SEEING MINOR DAMAGE TO 2 OF THE 3 BLADES, HE TAXIED TO THE FBO. TOWER HAD ANNOUNCED THE WINDS AT 170 @ 7 KTS SHORTLY BEFORE 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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