# Accident 20210522009949A: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, Winterville, NC, May 22, 2021 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 22, 2021, 17:53 local time - Place: Winterville, NC - Airport: South Oaks Aerodrome - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Other, Specify - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 35.4805° N, 77.3561° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4805&lon=-77.3561&mi=10 - Aircraft: N708JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N708JM-2022-03-05) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Flight Design CTSW (registry code 0600001, https://openairdocs.org/model/flight-design-ctsw) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: FLIGHT DESIGN GMBH CTSW - Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 2 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Sport pilot - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21FA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21FA225) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210522009949A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND HIS WIFE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHO IS NOT A CERTIFICATED PILOT, SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES IN A CRASH AND POST-CRASH FIRE FOLLOWING A GO-AROUND OR TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT SOUTH OAKS AERODROME IN WINTERVILLE, NC AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30PM EDT ON THE EVENING OF MAY 22, 2021. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE PILOT'S ACTIONS WERE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THIS ACCIDENT, THOUGH IT REMAINS POSSIBLE. THEREFORE BLOCK 31 DID NOT INCLUDE THE PILOT'S NAME. INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ARRIVED ON SCENE AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30PM EDT ON THE AFTERNOON OF MAY 23, 2021. HOME SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM NEIGHBORS ALONG THE RUNWAY OF SOUTH OAKS AERODROME SHOW THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHING DOWN AT A NORMAL LOCATION ON RUNWAY 25, WHICH IS AN 1800? TURF RUNWAY WITH A STEEP DROPOFF AT THE END. THE VIDEO APPEARS TO SHOW THE AIRCRAFT LAND LEFT OF CENTERLINE, THEN BEGIN A TOUCH AND GO OR GO-AROUND. IT IS UNCLEAR IF IT WAS THE PILOT?S INTENTION ALL ALONG TO PRACTICE A TOUCH AND GO (THE WINDS WERE CALM AND THE WEATHER WAS GOOD VFR) OR IF IT WAS A GO-AROUND AS A RESULT OF AN ISSUE ON LANDING. THE VIDEO SHOWS THAT THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN, THEN ADDED POWER. THE ENGINE COULD BE HEARD IN ONE OF THE NEIGHBOR?S VIDEOS COMING TO POWER. THE AIRCRAFT THEN ACCELERATED ON THE GROUND, STILL APPEARING LEFT OF CENTERLINE AND NEARLY CONTACTING THE CONE MARKERS ALONG THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP, POSSIBLY STRIKING ITS TAIL ON THE RUNWAY IN THE PROCESS. THE VIDEO APPEARS TO SHOW THAT THIS WAS A POSSIBILITY, BUT NO DEFINITIVE GROUND SCAR WAS FOUND. THE VIDEO THEN SHOWS THE PILOT TAKING OFF AGAIN WITH WINGS LEVEL MOMENTARILY, FOLLOWED BY A TURN TO THE LEFT, THEN A HARD TURN AND CRASH OVER THE TREES JUST OFF-CAMERA. ON THE AFTERNOON OF MAY 23, 2021, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (SISTER OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) CAME TO THE CRASH SITE TO PAY HER RESPECTS TO HER BROTHER AND HIS WIFE. SHE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FRIEND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (252-524-1164). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THAT HE BELIEVED THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD INSURANCE ON THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECENTLY HAD TAKEN HIS AIRCRAFT TO ?A PLACE IN WILMINGTON BUT THEY COULDN?T GET IT RIGHT. HE KEPT HAVING TO TAKE IT BACK.? ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS REFERRING TO A REPAIR STATION IN WILMINGTON THAT HAD RECENTLY, HE STATED, ?OVER THE PAST WINTER,? WORKED ON THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT KNOW FOR SURE WHAT THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE AIRCRAFT THAT HE STATED CAUSED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO BRING IT BACK. ON THE EVENING OF MAY 23, 2021, INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ KNOCKED ON THE DOORS OF ALL RESIDENTS OF DOOLITTLE CT ACROSS THE STREET OF COUNTY HOME RD FROM PROP DR IN WINTERVILLE, NC. BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 25, IT WOULD HAVE TO FLY OVER DOOLITTLE CT TO LAND. INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ASKED ALL RESIDENTS WHO WERE HOME IF THEY SAW OR HEARD THE AIRCRAFT. NONE SAW THE AIRCRAFT AND NONE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE HOME VIDEO OF THE FINAL LEG. NONE HEARD ANYTHING UNUSUAL PRIOR TO THE CRASH. SOME HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHILE THEY WERE INSIDE THEIR HOUSE, WHICH WAS LIKELY THE BALLISTIC PARACHUTE DETONATING IN THE POST-CRASH FIRE. AT 8AM EDT ON MAY 24, 2021, INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DROPPED OFF A TOXICOLOGY BOX WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MEDICAL EXAMINERS AT VIDANT MEDICAL CENTER IN GREENVILLE, NC, WHERE THE BODIES OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE LOCATED. INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REQUESTED THAT THE TOXICOLOGY TESTING ONLY BE CONDUCTED ON ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SINCE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS NOT A RATED PILOT. ## 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 ERA21FA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21FA225), May 22, 2021: Flight Design Ctsw (N708JM), Winterville, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during a go-around, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and a loss of 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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