# Accident 20250606007489A: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, Beecher, WI, June 6, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2025, 12:00 local time
- Place: Beecher, WI
- Airport: Shangrila
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5816° N, 87.8454° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5816&lon=-87.8454&mi=10
- Aircraft: N499CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N499CT) (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: 2
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250606007489A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN25LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA204), Jun 6, 2025: Flight Design Ctsw (N499CT), Pembine, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper flare during landing which resulted in a bounced landing.

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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