# Accident 20200608010939A: Flight Design Gmbh CTLS, Beecher, IL, June 8, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2020, 10:00 local time
- Place: Beecher, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3817° N, 87.6653° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3817&lon=-87.6653&mi=10
- Aircraft: N257V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N257V-2022-07-30) (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 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 864 total, 800 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200608010939A

## Narrative

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

PIC OF N257V HAD RECENTLY DEPARTED BULT FIELD, IL. (C56).  DURING CLIMB OUT N257V CRASHED INTO A CORN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES NORTH EAST OF C56.  AIRCRAFT WAS DEMOLISHED AND THE PIC WAS KILLED.  THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE AND NO INJURY TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY ON THE GROUND.

## 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 CEN20LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA219), Jun 8, 2020: Flight Design Ctls (N257V), Beecher, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue takeoff after a partial loss of engine power, and the pilot’s subsequent failure to control airplane pitch during a forced landing. Contributing to the accident was…

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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