# NTSB CEN14CA268: Flight Design Ctsw, N640C, New Carlisle, OH, May 26, 2014 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: May 26, 2014, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC) - Place: New Carlisle, OH - Coordinates: 39.930831, -84.013336 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9308&lon=-84.0133&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 30, 2014 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 89328 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN14CA268 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89328/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89328 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA268 ## Probable cause The pilot did not maintain control of the airplane while landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Flight Design CTSW, 20 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=0600001), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Flight Design CTSW, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md?model=0600001), [All aircraft, 1,269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Flight Design CTSW, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=0600001), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [Flight Design CTSW, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=0600001), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot stated that while landing on runway 28, the airplane "possibly caught a side gust [of wind]." The airplane dropped to the ground and during the landing roll, the airplane started to turn to the left. The pilot and his pilot-rated passenger applied right rudder but were unable to alter the ground track of the airplane. The airplane departed the runway and the nose wheel "dug in" to the ground. The airplane came to rest inverted resulting in substantial damage to the left wing and the vertical stabilizer. There were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. ## Factual narrative The pilot stated that while landing on runway 28, the airplane "possibly caught a side gust [of wind]." The airplane dropped to the ground and during the landing roll, the airplane started to turn to the left. The pilot and his pilot-rated passenger applied right rudder but were unable to alter the ground track of the airplane. The airplane departed the runway and the nose wheel "dug in" to the ground. The airplane came to rest inverted resulting in substantial damage to the left wing and the vertical stabilizer. The Federal Aviation Administration inspector reported that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. Wind at the time of the accident was recorded as 240 degrees at 6 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N640C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N640C-2018-05-31), registration cancelled 2018-05-31, S/N 05-10-13, built 2005 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: FLIGHT DESIGN GMBH CTSW (NO SERIES) - Registry model: [Flight Design CTSW](https://openairdocs.org/model/flight-design-ctsw) (registry code 0600001) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Rotax SEE BOMBADIER](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (registry code 55555, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 05-10-13 - Year built: 2005 - Airframe hours: 965 - Engines: Rotax 912ULS 100 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, June 1, 2013, 27 hours before - Departed: 2B6, Wilmington, OH - Destination: 3OH0, New Carlisle, OH - Airport: 3OH0, Andy Barnhart Memorial Airport, runway 28, 2,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 71; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: sport pilot, with waivers/limitations; last flight review July 17, 2013; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 945 total, 15 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 240° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 61 °F - Altimeter: 30.10 inHg - Observed at: KFFO, 6 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20140526008039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140526008039A), May 26, 2014: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, New Carlisle, OH, Substantial damage. Pilot reported aircraft veered left on roll out after landing, on grass strip, nose gear dug in to turf and flipped aircraft on its back. Witness stated… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 18, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89328. 1.1 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40414222&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - FAA Inspector’s Statement (item 2, .PDF, 84 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40414223&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=FAA%20Inspector%E2%80%99s%20Statement-Master.PDF 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. 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