# Accident 20250705010249A: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, Joliet, IL, July 5, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2025, 14:30 local time
- Place: Joliet, IL
- Airport: Joliet Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5179° N, 88.1760° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5179&lon=-88.1760&mi=10
- Aircraft: N646MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N646MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Flight Design CTSW (registry code 0600001, https://openairdocs.org/model/flight-design-ctsw) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FLIGHT DESIGN GMBH CTSW
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 75 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA238) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250705010249A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 05, 2025, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 31 AT JOLIET REGIONAL AIRPORT (KJOT). A GUST OF AIR PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT. HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE WHEEL AND PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER UPSIDE DOWN APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET TO THE SOUTH OF RUNWAY 31.

WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT WAS REPORTED AS WINDS 230 AT 10 GUSTING TO 15 KNOTS. VISIBILITY WAS GREATER THAN 10 KTS WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS AT 6,000 FEET MSL. TEMPERATURE WAS 34 DEGREES CELSIUS WITH A DEW POINT OF 18 DEGREES

## 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 CEN25LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA238), Jul 5, 2025: Flight Design Ctsw (N646MA), Joliet, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the crosswind 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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