# Incident 20230528006979I: Flight Design Gmbh CTLS, Schaumburg, IL, May 28, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2023, 12:45 local time
- Place: Schaumburg, IL
- Airport: Schaumburg Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9893° N, 88.1012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SCHAUMBURG RGNL (06C), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9893&lon=-88.1012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N155RA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N155RA) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 715 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230528006979I

## Narrative

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

WHEN:  MAY 28, 2023 AT 12:45 CDT

WHERE:  SCHAUMBURG, IL (06C)

ON MAY 28, 2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:45 CDT, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF A FLIGHT DESIGN GMBH CTLS ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE AT SCHAUMBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT (06C).  THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) ON BOARD WAS CONDUCTING A SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT WITH ONE PASSENGER.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) AND USING VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR).  THE NEAREST AUTOMATIC TERMINAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (ATIS) REPORTED LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES.  KDPA 281652Z 05006KT 10SM CLR 26/06 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP203 T02560061.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE PIC SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  THE PASSENGER ONBOARD WAS UNINJURED.

PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, THE PIC REPORTED THAT HIS SEATBELT AND SHOULDER HARNESS WAS LATCHED AND SECURED.  THE PIC DEPARTED 06C ON RUNWAY 11.  UPON DEPARTURE, THE PIC COMPLIED WITH AN AIRPORT FACILITY DIRECTORY AIRPORT REMARK REQUESTING DEPARTING AIRCRAFT TO FLY RUNWAY HEADING TO 1400 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL) PRIOR TO STARTING CROSSWIND TURNS.  THE PIC INITIATED A RIGHT TURN TO DEPART THE AREA AT 1400 MSL.  DURING THE RIGHT TURN, AT 1700 MSL, THE PIC ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TURBULENCE.  THE PIC’S HEAD STRUCK AND BROKE A WINDSCREEN LOCATED ON THE UPPER PART OF THE FORWARD CANOPY.  THE PIC RETURNED TO 06C FOR LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THE PIC SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO HIS FOREHEAD AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO ST. ALEXIS HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.

AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, THE PIC REPORTED NO VISIBLE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.  A PILOT WHO DEPARTED JUST AFTER THE INCIDENT FLIGHT REPORTED NO VISIBLE TRAFFIC OTHER THAN THE INCIDENT FLIGHT.

THE PIC’S WEATHER BRIEFING DID NOT INDICATE FORECAST TURBULENCE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT FLIGHT.  THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE PIC’S THIRD FLIGHT OF THE DAY.  THE PIC ENCOUNTERED OCCASIONAL LIGHT CHOP ON PRIOR FLIGHTS.  A PILOT WHO DEPARTED JUST AFTER THE INCIDENT FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED OCCASIONAL LIGHT CHOP.

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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