Flight CTLS LSA N245LS
3 September 2014 · Grass Valley, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 3 September 2014 at about 19:15 local time, a Flight CTLS LSA registered N245LS was involved in an accident near Grass Valley, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 19:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Grass Valley, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Nevada County Air Park (GOO)
- Coordinates
- 39.2242, -121.0028
- Aircraft
- Flight CTLS LSA
- Registration
- N245LS
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2008
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Grass Valley → Grass Valley
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR14CA364
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate flare which resulted in a loss of aircraft control during landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that on landing the airplane touched down hard and began to porpoise, striking the runway twice during the accident sequence. The pilot reported a loss of nose wheel and rudder control responsiveness and was unable to maintain directional control when the airplane departed the runway to the right, traveled down an embankment and subsequently rolled over, coming to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to right wing, vertical stabilizer and fuselage. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Flight CTLS accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Apr 2014 | Flight CTLS | Greenville, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 5 Nov 2015 | Flight CTLS | Queens, New York, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 21 Jun 2015 | Flight CTLS | Andover, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Jul 2013 | Flight CTLS | Sandwich, Illinois, United States | Daniel E. Mayworm | Minor injuries | - |
| 18 Mar 2015 | Flight CTLS | Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States | New Flyers Association | No injuries | - |
| 5 Jun 2013 | Flight CTLS | Concord, New Hampshire, United States | James B. McGee | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2014 | Scaled Composites 339 | Koehn Dry Lake, California, United States | Scaled Composites LLC | Fatal | 1 |
| 7 Jun 2014 | Cessna 180H | Hesperia, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Sep 2014 | Eurocopter AS 350 B3 | Lincoln, California, United States | California Highway Patrol | No injuries | - |
| 27 Apr 2014 | McDonnell Douglas 600N | Adelanto, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 13 Jun 2014 | Air Tractor AT 502B | Princeton, California, United States | Michaud Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 27 Apr 2014 | Cessna 210E | Richmond, California, United States | Sanders Aircraft Inc | Fatal | 1 |