# Accident 20220115000669A: Flight Design Gmbh CTLS, Hana, HI, January 15, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2022, 09:45 local time
- Place: Hana, HI
- Airport: Hana
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 20.7956° N, 156.0217° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.7956&lon=-156.0217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N992SA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N992SA) (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: 2
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 27 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC22LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC22LA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220115000669A

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY, 1/15/2022, AIRCRAFT TAIL NUMBER N992SA, FLIGHT DESIGN GMBH LIGHT SPORT AIRPLANE CRASHED INTO THE JUNGLE WHILE ON CLIMB OUT AFTER TAKING OFF RUNWAY 24 OF HANA AIRPORT PHHN IN HAWAII.

THE PILOT REPORTED REMOVED FLAPS AT ABOUT 80' ABOVE THE GROUND AFTER WHICH THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DESCEND AND THE PILOT COULD NOT RECOVER FROM.

WEATHER AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT WAS REPORTED AS: WIND 06004KT 10SM FEW CLOUDS AT 8000' TEMPERATURE 25C DEW POINT 20C ALTIMETER 3006.

THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON IN THE JUNGLE, PARTIALLY ANGLED NOSE DOWN. THE PASSENGER WAS ABLE TO EXTRACT HIMSELF, BUT WAS UNABLE TO EXTRACT THE PIC. THE PIC WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND PINNED BY THE AIRCRAFT.

THE PIC INJURIES INCLUDED LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, 2 BROKEN RIBS, FACIAL AND ARM LACERATIONS, AND 2 BLACK EYES.

THE PASSENGER WAS TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES AND RELEASED THE SAME DAY.

THE PILOT REPORTED A LOSS OF POWER WHICH IS PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY A TEAR DOWN INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE BY THE ENGINE MANUFACTURER, ROTAX.

THIS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED UPON COMPLETION OF THIS ANALYSIS.

THE NTSB ANALYSIS WAS COMPLETED AND REPORTED BACK TO THE HONOLULU FSDO ON 6/1/2022. NTSB ANALYSIS  SHOWED:

THE RECORDING FUNCTION ON THE EFIS-D100 WAS SET TO ?OFF? SO NO RELEVANT DATA WERE RECOVERED FROM IT.

DATE RECORDED WAS NOT A VALID PARAMETER SO THE DATA PROVIDED WAS CORRELATED TO THE ACCIDENT EVENT USING THE GPS LOCATIONS TO MATCH THE PRELIMINARY INFORMATION OF THE ACCIDENT. TIME MAY ALSO BE OFFSET, THE TIME OF THE EVENT IN THE RECORDED DATA APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 11 MINUTES OFF FROM THE TIME MENTIONED IN THE PRELIMINARY.

THE DEVICE RECORDED AT DATA POINT ONCE EVERY 10 SECONDS.

THERE WASN?T AN ALTITUDE PARAMETER RECORDED. GPS ALTITUDE RECORDED A VALUE OF ZERO FOR THE DURATION OF RECORDED DATA.

THE LAST VALID DATA PARAMETER APPEARS TO BE AT 19:44:47 DEVICE TIME. AFTER THIS POINT DATA BECAME STAGNANT AND ERRATIC FOR SOME PARAMETERS.

## 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 ANC22LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC22LA012), Jan 15, 2022: Flight Design Ctls (N992SA), Hana, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during the initial climb, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent impact with terrain.

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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