# Accident 20141023018429A: Flight Design Gmbh CTLS, White Bear Town, MN, October 23, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2014, 14:50 local time
- Place: White Bear Town, MN
- Airport: Benson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1178° N, 92.9992° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1178&lon=-92.9992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N549CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N549CT-2017-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Flight Design CTLS (registry code 060005B, https://openairdocs.org/model/flight-design-ctls) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912IS2 (registry code 55590, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912is2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FLIGHT DESIGN GMBH CTLS
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912IS2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141023018429A

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT HE WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 31 AT BENSON AIRPORT (6MN9) IN WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP, MN AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES AFTER TOUCHDOWN.  AS HE NEARED THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT APPLIED BRAKES AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.

## 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 CEN15CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA036), Oct 23, 2014: Flight Design CTLSi (N549CT), White Bear Lake, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during the landing, which resulted in an inadvertent aerodynamic stall, a hard landing, and a nose over.

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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