# Accident 20210517009799A: Flight Design Gmbh CTLS, Racine, WI, May 17, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2021, 19:57 local time
- Place: Racine, WI
- Airport: Batten Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7537° N, 87.8048° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7537&lon=-87.8048&mi=10
- Aircraft: N521CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N521CT-2023-02-04) (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: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 83 total, 83 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA222) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210517009799A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED TO LAND KRCC THREE TIMES WITH AIRCRAFT ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH AND AIRCRAFT SHACKING. POWER SETTINGS COULD NOT BE HELD AS POWER KEPT INCREASING TO THE POINT THAT THE PILOT COULD NOT SLOW THE AIRCRAFT DOWN. PERFORMED LAST ATTEMPT, BOUNCED MULTIPLE TIME, OVERSHOT RUNWAY, STRUCK BUILDING AND CAME TO REST.

## Other aircraft in the event

- NONE: no report for this aircraft in the release

## 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 CEN21LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA222), May 18, 2021: Flight Design Ctls (N521CT), Racine, WI, destroyed. Probable cause: The fatigue failure of the carburetor throttle control cable, which resulted in a partial loss of engine control.

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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