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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ERA24LA325

2024-07-23 Cuba, New York, United States Airport · NONE None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N504CT

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

FLIGHT DESIGN GMBH CTSW

Year of manufacture

2007 · 17 years old at event

Engine

ROTAX 912ULS SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20080124

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A64910

Registrant of record

RESETARITS MATTHEW

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

A separation of the left main landing gear wheel assembly during landing.

Factual narrative

The pilot was landing the airplane on a turf runway and stated that the landing approach was nominal. The pilot described that the “…airspeed, landing spot, and flare were perfect.” Upon touchdown, the right main landing gear’s wheel assembly separated from the landing gear strut. The strut subsequently dug into the ground and the airplane’s fuselage was substantially damaged. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector who examined the airplane after the accident reported that the landing gear strut had fractured about 5 inches inboard of from the wheel assembly. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).

  • Aircraft-Aircraft systems-Landing gear system-Main gear strut/axle/truck-Failure

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2024_ERA24LA325.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.