# Accident 20230523007939A: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, Gregory, MI, May 23, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2023, 09:44 local time
- Place: Gregory, MI
- Airport: Richmond Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4417° N, 84.0644° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4417&lon=-84.0644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N165CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N165CT) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 219 total, 83 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA200) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230523007939A

## Narrative

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

MEET WITH PILOT OF AIRCRAFT, CONFIRMED HE WAS UN-INJURED. PILOT COMMENTED POLICE AND EMS WERE CALLED AND RESPONDED BY ACCIDENT FEATURE IN HIS CELL PHONE. A REQUEST FOR POLICE REPORT WAS MADE TO POLICE DEPARTMENT. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN MOVED FROM RUNWAY 36 AND RELOCATED TO EAST SIDE OF RUNWAY 36. INSPECTOR  VIEWED AND TOOK PICTURES OF AREA ON RUNWAY 36 WERE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR HAD FAILED AND NOSE STRUT DUG INTO GRASS STRIP AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE SMELL OF AV GAS WAS PRESENT, LEFT WING BOTTOM HAD BEEN PUNCTURED. PUNCTURE WAS MADE BY NOSE LANDING GEAR FORK AFTER BREAKING OFF FROM NOSE WHEEL ROTATION UNIT.

## 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 CEN23LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA200), May 23, 2023: Flight Design Ctsw (N165CT), Gregory, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare that resulted in a hard, bounced landing and subsequent overstress failure of the nose landing gear.

## Other reports on N165CT (1)

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

- [Incident 20110521010839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110521010839I), May 21, 2011: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW (N165CT), Ormond Beach, FL, Minor damage. After landing, nose landing gear collapsed upon turn off at the entrance of taxiway bravo.

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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