# Incident 20220319003979I: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, Lake Charles, LA, March 19, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2022, 17:47 local time
- Place: Lake Charles, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2266° N, 93.2174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Charles, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2266&lon=-93.2174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N297CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N297CT) (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: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220319003979I

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND PASSENGER DEPARTED KAAF EARLIER THAT DAY AND HAD A RELATIVELY NORMAL FLIGHT. THE ORIGINAL INTENDED DESTINATION FOR THE FLIGHT WAS KLCH BUT DUE TO GUSTING WINDS THE PILOT ULTIMATELY DECIDED TO DIVERT TO KCWF WHICH WAS REPORTING LESS WINDY CONDITIONS.  UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BANKED TO THE RIGHT AND ROLLED ON THE RIGHT MAIN TOWARDS THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND BY ADDING POWER.  THIS ULTIMATELY EXACERBATED THE BANK AND CAUSED THE WING TO HIT THE GROUND - WHICH RESULTED IN THE PROPELLER TO HIT THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WAS ABLE TO GET THEIR SEATBELTS UNFASTENED AND LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED.

## Other reports on N297CT (1)

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

- [Incident 20251004015199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251004015199I), Oct 4, 2025: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW (N297CT), Santa Maria, CA, Minor damage. During takeoff roll a crosswind caused the aircraft to drift to the left off the runway and damaging the left main landing gear.

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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