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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Flight Design CTLS · Gonzales, LA · June 15, 2026

Date
June 15, 2026 · 00:00 local
Place
Gonzales, LA
Airport
Louisiana Regional
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N138M
Reported as
Flight Design Ctls
Reported engine
ROTAX 503
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

Pilot departed Louisiana Regional Airport (reg), climbed to 3000 ft and propeller departed the engine. The glider landed back at Louisiana Regional Airport (reg) without incident.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED LOUISIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT (REG), CLIMBED TO 3000 FT AND PROPELLER DEPARTED THE ENGINE. THE GLIDER LANDED BACK AT LOUISIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT (REG) WITHOUT INCIDENT.