# Accident 20170701009829A: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, Monticello, IA, July 1, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2017, 16:10 local time
- Place: Monticello, IA
- Airport: Monticello Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2197° N, 91.1583° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2197&lon=-91.1583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62JN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62JN-2020-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Flight Design CTSW (registry code 0600001, https://openairdocs.org/model/flight-design-ctsw) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FLIGHT DESIGN GMBH CTSW
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,063 total, 663 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17FA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA249) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170701009829A

## Narrative

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

THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS ON A LOCAL DAY/VFR FLIGHT NEAR MONTICELLO, IA. (MXO) RETURNING TO LAND, THE PILOT CALLED ?FINAL? FOR RUNWAY (RWY) 27 AT MXO. ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN ON THE DOWNWIND LEG FOR RWY 27 AT THAT TIME AND HAD THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT IN SIGHT. THE OTHER AIRCRAFT LOST SIGHT OF THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WHEN THEY TURNED BASE FOR RWY 27. THE OTHER AIRCRAFT ABORTED THEIR LANDING AND ENTERED AN UPWIND LEG FOR RWY 27. PASSING OVER THE AIRPORT, THE WRECKAGE WAS SPOTTED IN THE CORNFIELD.

## 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 CEN17FA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA249), Jul 1, 2017: Flight Design Ctsw (N62JN), Monticello, IA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to fly with his large dog in the two-seat, light sport airplane, and the dog's likely contact with the flight controls during landing, which resulted in the pilot's loss of…

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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