# NTSB CEN27LA011: Flight Design Ctls, N792CT, Yankton, SD, October 9, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: October 9, 2026, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Yankton, SD · Soybean field
- Coordinates: 42.912056, -97.383148
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9121&lon=-97.3831&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203990
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN27LA011
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203990/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN27LA011

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-cruise: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192) (defining event); cases with it: [Flight Design CTLS, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md?model=060005B), [All aircraft, 804 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N792CT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N792CT), registered now, S/N F-09-01-09, built 2009 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FLIGHT DESIGN GMBH CTLS
- Registry model: [Flight Design CTLS](https://openairdocs.org/model/flight-design-ctls) (registry code 060005B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: F-09-01-09
- Year built: 2009
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Departed: KYKN, Yankton, SD

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.75 inHg
- Observed at: KYKN, 18 nm away
- METAR: METAR KYKN 092256Z AUTO 15011KT 10SM CLR 28/14 A2975 RMK AO2 SLP079 T02830139

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. Compare the reported make and model.

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