# Accident 20210422004669A: 2006 Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, Santa Fe, NM, April 22, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2021, 09:46 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5170° N, 106.1820° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5170&lon=-106.1820&mi=10
- Aircraft: N378CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N378CT-2022-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Flight Design CTSW (registry code 0600001, https://openairdocs.org/model/flight-design-ctsw) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: 2006 FLIGHT DESIGN GMBH CTSW
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ULS 2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,982 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210422004669A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 22, 2021, AT 0946 MST, A FLIGHT DESIGN GMBH SPECIAL LIGHT SPORT, N378CT, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND A SUBSEQUENT ENGINE FAILURE WHILE AT CRUISE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. PILOT INTENDED TO RETURN TO SANTA FE MUNICIPAL (SAF) AIRPORT BUT COULD  NOT MAKE IT AND ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY OFF FIELD LANDING. DURING LANDING ROLLOUT AIRCRAFT FLIPPED, ENDING UP INVERTED.   THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, AND THE PASSENGER SUFFERED HEAD LACERATIONS. THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SANTA FE MUNICIPAL SAF ON APRIL 22, 2021 AT 0700 MST.

THE FLIGHT WAS INTENDED TO BE A ROUTINE CURRENCY FLIGHT TO KABQ RETURNING TO SAF.

## 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 WPR21LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA173), Apr 22, 2021: Flight Design Ctsw (N378CT), Santa Fe, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: A leak in the oil line that supplied the engine with oil, which resulted in oil exhaustion and the total loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the routing of the oil line to close to…

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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