20250606007489A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Flight Design CTSW · Beecher, WI · June 6, 2025

Date
June 6, 2025 · 12:00 local
Place
Beecher, WI
Airport
Shangrila
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N499CT
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN25LA204
Reported as
Flight Design Ctsw
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total1,200 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 6/6/2025 at 1230 CST, a Ctsw light sport aircraft, privacy data omitted bounced during landing causing a porpoise that collapsed the nose gear and caused the aircraft to flip over. The pilot and passenger reported minor injuries. The aircraft was being operated by the privacy data omitted as a personal Flight under 14 CFR part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.

As the FAA filed it

ON 6/6/2025 AT 1230 CST, A CTSW LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BOUNCED DURING LANDING CAUSING A PORPOISE THAT COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER REPORTED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.