Flight CTSW N504CT

Summary

On 23 July 2024 at about 22:00 local time, a Flight CTSW registered N504CT was involved in an accident near Cuba, New York, United States. 2 people were 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.

Date

23 July 2024 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Cuba, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Private Airstrip (None)

Coordinates

42.1854, -78.2055

Aircraft

Flight CTSW

Registration

N504CT

Category

Airplane

Year built

2007

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

West Seneca → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA24LA325

Nobody was injured.

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

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB 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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.