# Incident 20251004015199I: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, Santa Maria, CA, October 4, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2025, 17:58 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan H
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8999° N, 120.4581° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MARIA PUB/CAPT G ALLAN HANCOCK FLD (SMX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8999&lon=-120.4581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N297CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N297CT) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251004015199I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20220319003979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220319003979I), Mar 19, 2022: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW (N297CT), Lake Charles, LA, Minor damage. Pilot and passenger departed kaaf earlier that day and had a relatively normal Flight. The original intended destination for the Flight was klch but due to…

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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