Flight Design CT2K
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The Flight Design CT2K is the second-generation Flight Design CT of 1999-2000, the German composite high-wing two-seater that preceded the CTSW and CTLS: a Rotax 912S, about 700 lb empty, 1,323 lb gross, a 35-knot stall and a 112-knot cruise in the figures published for the series, with a ballistic parachute as standard.
A CT2K predates the US light-sport category and the handful here were imported as experimentals or converted to E-LSA, so the airworthiness paperwork and the maintenance rules it carries are the first thing to establish; it also predates the CTLS's tail and fuel-system revisions, which were made because the early CTs were demanding to land and had fuel-venting quirks. The composite airframe is inspected for finish damage and repairs, the parachute has a repack and rocket life, and the Rotax wants its rubber and gearbox checks. The figures here may describe the later CTSW rather than the 2K. Flight Design USA still supports the CT line.
Variants of the Flight Design CT series
- CT2K · 1999 · 6 active · this page
- CTSW · 2005 · 180 active
- CTLS · 2008 · 142 active
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Rotax 912S (101 hp) |
| Horsepower | 100 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | LSA |
| Production start | 1999 |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise (75 % power) | 112 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range (75 %, standard fuel, 30-min reserve) | 1,100 nm |
| Service ceiling | 25,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 960 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 35 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 622 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,323 lb |
| Empty weight | 701 lb |
| Usable fuel | 31.7 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | — |
|---|---|
| Price, high | — |
| Prices as of | — |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 8 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 6 |
| Median year built | 2004 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | — |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | — |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 0 |
| Transfers per 100 active | — |
| Airworthiness directives | 1 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | none |
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 0.3 of 103 |
| Support | 1.3 of 104 |
| Liquidity | —5 |
- Accident record: class median 36.69 · 321 models in class.
- Severity: class median 13.04.
- Access: class median 1,000.
- Support: class median 77.5.
- Liquidity: class median 20.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 8 · scores Sep 30