# Accident 20190816023519A: Flight Design Gmbh CT2K, Hooper, WA, August 16, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2019, 12:13 local time
- Place: Hooper, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6728° N, 118.1367° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6728&lon=-118.1367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N433CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N433CT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Flight Design CT2K (registry code 0600002, https://openairdocs.org/model/flight-design-ct2k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FLIGHT DESIGN GMBH CT2K
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 16,600 total, 150 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA495](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA495) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190816023519A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PARTICIPATING IN THE WASHINGTON PASSPORT PROGRAM, WHERE THEY FLY TO ALL THE AIRPORTS AND RECEIVE A STAMP. THE PILOT SATED HE DIDN?T PLAN CORRECTLY, AND DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH FUEL TO MAKE IT TO THEIR NEXT DESTINATION. THE PILOT RAN OUT OF FUEL, AND DECIDED TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD, NOT REALIZING HOW SOFT THE GROUND WAS. WHEN HE LANDED, THE TIRES DUG INTO THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER, AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN.

## 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 GAA19CA495](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA495), Aug 16, 2019: Flight Design CT2K (N433CT), Hooper, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a total loss of engine power, an off-airport landing to a field, and a subsequent nose-over.

## Other reports on N433CT (1)

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

- [Accident 20090513012569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090513012569A), May 13, 2009: Flight CT2K (N433CT), Mitchell, SD, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 13, 2009 a light sport aircraft departed a private strip in maple plain, MN with a final destination to dalhart, TX (dht). While making a fuel…

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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