20251004015199I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Flight Design CTSW · Santa Maria, CA · October 4, 2025

Date
October 4, 2025 · 17:58 local
Place
Santa Maria, CA
Airport
Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan H
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N297CT
Reported as
Flight Design Ctsw
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

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.

During takeoff roll a crosswind caused the aircraft to drift to the left off the runway and damaging the left main landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL A CROSSWIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND DAMAGING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR.

Other reports on N297CT · 1

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