CTSW Down Haskell, OK

[bullwinkle]

Flight Design CTSW off airport landing in Haskell, OK. Looks like the nosegear collapsed on roll out and flipped the plane, snapping off the tail. Pilot and pax both walked away with minor injuries.

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=176686

This is pretty typical of CT accidents. The carbon/kevlar passenger "Safety Cell" (aka "The Egg") usually does a very good job protecting humans, combined with the lower impact energies that LSA usually carry.

 

[SoonerAviator]

Word is there was a power loss on takeoff (Haskell is narrow/short-ish runway) with houses/trees off of the southwest end. They put it down in the grass after the power failure, but the amount of rain we've had in the area made the field a swamp. The soft ground swallowed the nose gear and flipped the bird over. They were having a hotdog fly-in event (pretty small event, mostly UL guys) at the time.