# NTSB Accident GAA20CA032
> **Flight Design CTLS** · 2019-10-17 · Monument Valley, UT, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** GAA20CA032
- **Event ID:** 20191017X61153
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2019-10-17
- **Location:** Monument Valley, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.016666, -110.200553
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Flight Design
- **Model:** CTLS
- **Registration:** N771TX
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain lateral control and to attain adequate altitude during takeoff with a quartering tailwind in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in impact with a sandy berm left of the runway.

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