# NTSB CEN24LA292: Flight Design Ctsw, N414FS, Lewisville, TX, July 28, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 28, 2024, 14:13 local (19:13 UTC) - Place: Lewisville, TX - Coordinates: 33.13139, -97.01419 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1314&lon=-97.0142&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Approach-VFR go-around: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA NTX FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 194804 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN24LA292 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194804/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194804 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA292 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient airspeed during a go-around, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with water. Contributing to the accident were crosswind gusts. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Flight Design CTSW, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=0600001), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md) - [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: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Flight Design CTSW, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=0600001), [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Flight Design CTSW, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=0600001), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md) - [Approach-VFR go-around: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241) (defining event); cases with it: [Flight Design CTSW, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md?model=0600001), [All aircraft, 1,529 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md) ## Analysis After an uneventful cross-country flight, the pilot checked the weather and then set up for a straight in approach for his destination airport. On final, the airplane floated in ground effect over the runway and the airplane touched down flat with minimal flare. During rollout, within a moment of having 3 wheels on the ground, a large gust of wind picked up the airplane’s right wing and turned the airplane toward some trees on the side of the runway. The pilot was not able to correct the turn, so he added power and executed a go-around. The pilot attempted to clear trees beyond the departure end of the runway, and the airplane stalled. The airplane descended and impacted into a lake adjacent to the end of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the composite firewall. A crosswind component of 15 knots and wind gusts of 23 knots were reported about the time of the accident. After the accident, the pilot stated that he should have diverted to another airport due to the combination of wind, gusts, and obstacles adjacent to the runway. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N414FS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N414FS-2025-08-25), registration cancelled 2025-08-25, S/N 06-12-17, built 2006 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: FLIGHT DESIGN GMBH CTSW - Registry model: [Flight Design CTSW](https://openairdocs.org/model/flight-design-ctsw) (registry code 0600001) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 06-12-17 - Year built: 2006 - Airframe hours: 243 - Engines: Rotax 912 ULS 2 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental light sport (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, March 16, 2024, 41 hours before - Departed: LMO, Longmont, CO - Destination: 30F, Lake Dallas, TX - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: 30F, Lakeview Airport, runway 18, 2,815 × 30 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Auto-pilot, Airframe parachute, ADS-B, Handheld GPS, Electronic flight bag or handheld device ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 31; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review June 15, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 182 total, 38 in this make and model, 134 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 32 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 190° at 15 knots, gusting 23 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 72 °F - Altimeter: 29.98 inHg - Observed at: KDTO, 10 nm away - METAR: KDTO 281853Z 19015G23 10SM FEW041 33/22 A2998 RMK A02 PK WND19028/1817 ## 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 20240728019459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240728019459A), Jul 28, 2024: Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, Lake Dallas, TX, Substantial damage. Weather was checked throughout Flight including at dto as approaching destination at 30F. Landed at 60 knots with 30 degrees of flaps. At touchdown, the right… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 22, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194804. 5.7 MB in all. - NTSB form 6120 pilot operator report CEN24LA292 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 4.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17622238&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Form%206120%20Pilot%20Operator%20Report%20CEN24LA292_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Video of landing and go around CEN24LA292 (item 2, MP4, 598 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17622170&FileExtension=mp4&FileName=Video%20of%20Landing%20and%20Go%20Around%20CEN24LA292-Rel.mp4 - Investigation photographs CEN24LA292 (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 806 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17622499&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs%20CEN24LA292-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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