# Incident 20200816013839I: Flight Design Gmbh CTLS, Lake Cavanaugh, WA, August 16, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2020, 14:30 local time
- Place: Lake Cavanaugh, WA
- Airport: Lake Cavanaugh
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.3166° N, 122.0060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Cavanaugh, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3166&lon=-122.0060&mi=10
- Aircraft: N749CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N749CT) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,877 total, 33 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200816013839I

## Narrative

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

N749CT WAS ENROUTE TO FLOATHAVEN (0W7) FOR A FLY-IN.  PRIOR TO THEIR DESTINATION, N749CT DID THREE (3) SPLASH AND GO.  TWO (2) AT BIG LAKE AND ONE (1) AT LAKE WHATCOM. AFTER N749CT LANDED AT FLOATHAVEN, THE PILOT DECIDED TO GO TO HIS CABIN AT LAKE CAVANAUGH. UPON LANDING AT LAKE CAVANAUGH, THE AIRPLANE HIT THE WATER HARD AND BOUNCED BACK IN THE AIR. THE PILOT ADDED SOME POWER TO RECOVER. AS IT SETTLES BACK TO THE WATER, THE LEFT FRONT FLOAT STRUT BROKE, THE NOSE CONTINUED TO

FALL THROUGH AND ONE OF THREE CARBON FIBER BLADES CUT INTO THE TOP OF THE

FLOAT, BROKE FROM THE HUB AND LODGED IN THE FLOAT AFTER STOPPING THE ENGINE.

## Other reports on N749CT (1)

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

- [Incident 20150125000649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150125000649I), Jan 25, 2015: Flight Design Gmbh CTLS (N749CT), Seattle, WA, Minor damage. Aircraft landedat bfi, on landing pilot forgot to place wheels down, aircraft landed on runway with floats, minor damage

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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