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ERA24LA325

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

Airport NONE

Current FAA registration · N504CT

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

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

FAA avdata. C = Cause, 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 ↗.

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