# Incident 20160821013389I: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, Venice, FL, August 21, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2016, 16:00 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1170° N, 82.4152° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Venice, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1170&lon=-82.4152&mi=10
- Aircraft: N141BV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N141BV) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 400 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160821013389I

## Narrative

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

EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT LANDING AT VNC EXPERIENCED NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE ON TOUCHDOWN.

PILOT STATED THAT LANDING WAS NORMAL AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN.

MARKS ON RUNWAY SHOWS EVIDENCE OF HARD LANDING AND POSSIBLE LEFT WHEEL LOCKED.

INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT WING AND NOSE GEAR DISPLACED TO THE RIGHT.

PROPELLER IS DESTROYED.

AIRCRAFT ANNUAL 01-04-2016

PILOT FLYING UNDER SPORT PILOT RULES.

PILOT HAS NOT SUBMITTED A STATEMENT AS OF 09/22/2016.

## Other reports on N141BV (1)

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

- [Incident 20240808010039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240808010039I), Aug 8, 2024: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW (N141BV), Venice, FL, Minor damage. Had an engine failure an crashed 1000FT short of vnc rwy

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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