# Incident 20170714014129I: Flight Design Gmbh CTLS, Columbus, OH, July 14, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2017, 11:15 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N178CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N178CT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Flight Design CTLS (registry code 060005B, https://openairdocs.org/model/flight-design-ctls) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FLIGHT DESIGN GMBH CTLS
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 59 total, 59 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170714014129I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT RELATED TO OPERATIONS INSPECTOR ROLLINS , HE FELT RUSHED BY ATC AND CAME IN FOR THE LANDING HIGH AND TOO FAST, BUT STILL DECIDED TO CONTINUE WITH THE LANDING PHASE OF THE FLIGHT. THIS RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THEN SCRAPED THE RIGHT WING ON THE GROUND, THUS STRIKING THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N178CT (1)

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

- [Accident 20110414006289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110414006289A), Apr 14, 2011: Flight Design Gmbh CTLS (N178CT), Jacksonville, FL, Substantial damage. The student pilot on landing landed on nose wheel and porpoised the aircraft several times. The CFI saw the landing and did not stop the student. The CFI then…

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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