Flight Design Gmbh CTSW N414FS accident near Lewisville, Texas, July 28, 2024

Flight Design Gmbh CTSW, registration N414FS, was involved in an accident near Lewisville, Texas on July 28, 2024. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as minor, with 1 people on board. Case CEN24LA292 is completed.

ADS-B receivers recorded 13 minutes of the flight, reaching a maximum of 3,700 ft. The last recorded position was at 19:09 UTC, at 2,000 ft and 96 knots, climbing at 128 feet per minute, about 17 km from Denton Muni (KDTO).

The nearest weather report, from KDTO (17 km away), showed wind 190° at 15 knots gusting 23, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported (VFR conditions).

This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.

Key facts

Date
July 28, 2024
Location
Lewisville, Texas
Aircraft
Flight Design Gmbh CTSW
Registration
N414FS
Injuries
Minor (1 on board)
NTSB case
CEN24LA292 (Completed)
Nearest airport
Denton Muni (KDTO)
Recorded flight
13 min, max 3,700 ft
Last recorded position
19:09 UTC, 2,000 ft, 96 kt

3D flight replay

Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.

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Sources: NTSB case CEN24LA292; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.