# Accident 20200304001559A: Flight Design Gmbh CTLS, Encino, NM, March 4, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2020, 13:00 local time
- Place: Encino, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6493° N, 105.4492° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6493&lon=-105.4492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N505MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N505MA-2020-06-18) (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 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,130 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200304001559A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 4, 2020, AT 1300 MST, A FLIGHT DESIGN GMBH, N505MA, REGISTERED TO MAULDEN AVIATION LLC, EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AND LANDED IN A CATTLE PASTURE, WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP INVERTED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MORIARTY, NM APPROXIMATELY 35 MINUTES EARLIER.

## 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 WPR20LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA098), Mar 4, 2020: Flight Design Ctls (N505MA), Encino, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, which likely resulted from a leak in the fuel system.

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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