# Incident 20180517005509I: Flight Design Gmbh CTLS, Batavia, NY, May 17, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2018, 14:15 local time
- Place: Batavia, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9986° N, 78.1808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Batavia, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9986&lon=-78.1808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N649CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N649CT-2023-05-30) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total, 150 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180517005509I

## Narrative

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

AS THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 10 AT KGVQ, HE SAID THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A SMOOTH LANDING SO AS TO NOT MAKE HIS PASSENGER/FRIEND NERVOUS DUE TO THE LIGHT CROSSWIND.  IN DOING SO THE PILOTS? TOUCHDOWN AND ROLLOUT WAS LONGER THAN PLANNED.  THE RUNWAY AT KGVQ WAS REDUCED IN LENGTH DUE TO CONSTRUCTION, AND AS THE PILOT APPROACHED THE END OF THE USABLE RUNWAY, HE BELIEVED HE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO STOP PRIOR TO THE END OF THE SHORTENED RUNWAY THEREFORE TURNED THE AIRPLANE AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL SPEED TO EXIT THE RUNWAY AT THE LAST TURN-OFF.  DUE TO THE INCREASED SPEED DURING THE TURN-OFF OF THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT FULLY ON THE RUNWAY OR INTENDED TAXIWAY AND THE AIRPLANE PROPELLER AND NOSE WHEEL COVER/PANT CAME IN CONTACT WITH 3 RUNWAY LIGHTS. ONE OF THE 3 PROPELLER BLADES WAS DAMAGED AND THE NOSE WHEEL COVER/PANT WAS SCUFFED.

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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