# Accident 20191220020189A: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, Delaware, OH, December 20, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2019, 16:51 local time
- Place: Delaware, OH
- Airport: Delaware Municipal. Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2797° N, 83.1147° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2797&lon=-83.1147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91WW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91WW-2020-07-23) (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 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191220020189A

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION:

STUDENT PILOT ON FIRST SOLO ATTEMPTED TOUCH AND GO.  AFTER ADDING POWER AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY.  NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO FLIP 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 CEN20CA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA039), Dec 20, 2019: Flight Design Ctsw (N91WW), Delaware, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain yaw control during takeoff, which resulted in an aborted takeoff and subsequent landing on grassy terrain, during which the airplane bounced and then nosed…

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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