# Incident 20201008019989I: Flight Design Gmbh CT2K, San Diego, CA, October 8, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2020, 09:40 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N922HT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N922HT-2025-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Flight Design CT2K (registry code 0600002, https://openairdocs.org/model/flight-design-ct2k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FLIGHT DESIGN GMBH CT2K
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 40 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201008019989I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT OF THIS LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PERFORM A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF WITH A LEFT CROSSWIND OF APPROXIMATELY 8KTS (MAXIMUM CROSSWIND LIMITATION OF 10KTS FOR THIS AIRCRAFT) AS A PART OF A PRACTICAL TEST FOR A SPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE.  THE PILOT FAILED TO MAKE THE IMMEDIATE CONTROL INPUTS (LEFT RUDDER AND/OR LEFT WING DOWN) TO COMPENSATE FOR THE DRIFT TO THE RIGHT AS THE MAIN LANDING GEAR CAME OFF THE GROUND ON TAKEOFF.  THE SLOWER FORWARD SPEED OF THE SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF PROFILE RESULTED IN INSUFFICIENT LIFT - THE AIRCRAFT LOST THE SMALL AMOUNT OF ALTITUDE ACQUIRED AND THE NOSE & RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY (IN A DRIFT TO THE RIGHT) WITH THE RIGHT WINGTIP CONTACTING THE GROUND IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N922HT (1)

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

- [Incident 20200118010549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200118010549I), Jan 18, 2020: Flight Design Gmbh CT2K (N922HT), Murrieta, CA, No damage. On 01/18/2020 student pilot [privacy data omitted], [privacy data omitted] went on a solo cross country Flight from brown field (sdm) to French Valley (F70).…

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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