# Accident 20160406005419A: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, Hilton Head, SC, April 6, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2016, 16:11 local time
- Place: Hilton Head, SC
- Airport: Hilton Head
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2406° N, 80.7197° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2406&lon=-80.7197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N466CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N466CT) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 273 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160406005419A

## Narrative

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

4/6/2016HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC: N466CT, CTSW/FLIGHT DESIGN,

VFR, SUT-HXD, REPORTED THE LOSS OF THE ENGINE APPROX., 5 MILES FROM HILTON HEAD( KHXD) AIRPORT AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A PRIVATE GOLF COURSE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. PERSONS ON BOARD: 2, INJURIES: NONE

4/7/2016 ASSIGNED ACCIDENT FOR N466CT AT KHXD. TRAVELED TO KHXD FOR INVESTIGATION. AIRCRAFT WAS ON A GOLF COURSE WITH A BROKEN NOSE WHEEL AND LARGE 2 FOOT AREA ON THE LEFT LEADING EDGE WING SUBSTANTIALITY DAMAGED.

SPAS DATA WAS CURRENT, THE REQUIRED AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATES, OPERATING HANDBOOK AND LIMITATIONS WERE ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT, THE ANNUAL CONDITIONAL INSPECTIONS WERE CURRENT, WEIGHT AND BALANCE WAS CURRENT.

PILOTS CERTIFICATE AND SC DRIVER'S LICENSE WERE CURRENT.

NO WATER WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL SAMPLES, COMPRESSION CHECK WAS GOOD, FUEL AND SPARK WAS GOOD, AIR FILTER WAS CLEAN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SECURED AIRCRAFT AND STARTED THE ENGINE AND THE ENGINE WAS MAKING POWER WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED.

THERE WAS 4 1/2 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE RIGHT WING AND 0 FUEL IN THE LEFT WING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A SLIGHT LEFT TO RIGHT INCLINE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, MECHANIC AND MANUFACTURE ALL AGREED THAT THE FUEL GRAVITY FED OVERNIGHT AFTER WITH THE INCLINE OF THE AIRCRAFT. FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM THE RIGHT TANK AND PUT IN THE LEFT TANK WITH NO LEAKS NOTED, THE OWNERS FUEL RECORDS SUPPORTED THE FUEL TOTALS AT 2 1/4 FUEL IN EACH WING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

CARBURETOR ICE IS SUSPECTED FOR THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT ATTEMPT A RESTART AT 1500 FEET, HE CHOSE TO LAND ON THE GOLF COURSE KNOWING HE COULD NOT MAKE KHXD.

## 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 ERA16LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA148), Apr 6, 2016: Flight Design Ctsw (N466CT), Hilton Head Island, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to apply carburetor heat following a loss of engine power due to carburetor icing.

## Other reports on N466CT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20090913050179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090913050179A), Sep 13, 2009: Flight Desi CTSW (N466CT), Gettysburg, PA, Substantial damage. Upon landing the left main wheel attachment failed, resulting in the left main wheel departing the aircraft. Aircraft slid off the runway groundlooping and…

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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