# Accident 20000307014429A: Amtr TORNADO, Springfield, TN, March 7, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2000, 18:00 local time
- Place: Springfield, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4952° N, 86.8725° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4952&lon=-86.8725&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TORNADO
- Reported engine: HIRTH 2704
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000307014429A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.4)THE OWNER DEPARTED A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP FOR HIS FIRST FLIGHT IN THE TITAN TORNADO. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE OWNER SAID THAT THE AIRPLANE DID NOT FLY WELL. HE FURTHER STATED THAT, THE ENGINE RPM FLUCTUATED FOLLOWED BY A COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE OWNER ALSO NOTED THAT THE EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE (EGT) WAS IN THE OVER-TEMP RANGE PRIOR TO THE TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE OWNER SELECTED A NEARBY FIELD FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH TREES ON A WOODED HILL AS THE OWNER MANEUVERED FOR THE FORCED LANDING. THE AIRPLANE WAS CONSUMED BY A POST-CRASH FIRE. THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY ALSO SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE AND PREVENTED A FUNCTIONAL EXAMINATION OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE INSTALLED SUB-COMPONENTS. EFFORTS TO ROTATE THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY ALSO FAILED. THE AIRPLANE WAS NEVER CERTIFICATED OR REGISTERED WITH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. A REVIEW OF FAA PILOT CERTIFICATION RECORDS FAILED TO REVEAL AIRMEN CERTIFICATIONS OR PILOT RATING INFORMATION FOR THE OWNER OF THE UNREGISTERED EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT.                                                                                                        (.19) ON MARCH 7, 2000, AT 1500 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, AN UNREGISTERED TITAN TORNADO, EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE, WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AND SUBSEQUENT FORCED LANDING IN A PRIVATE FIELD NEAR SPRINGFIELD, TENNESSEE.  THE UNQUALIFIED OPERATOR RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP IN SPRINGFIELD, TENNESSEE, AT 1445.                                           REPORTEDLY, THE OPERATOR HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE TITAN TORNADO FROM AN AIRPLANE BUILDER IN MAUMEE, OHIO. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. AFTER THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRPLANE, IT WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE.                                (-23) MR. BROOKS PURCHASED THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT RECENTLY FROM THE BUILDER IN MAUMEE, OH AND TRANSPORTED IT TO SPRINGFIELD, TN. ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING FIRST FLIGHT BY MR. BROOKS. MR. BROOKS REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT FLY WELL AND THAT THE ENGINE RPM FLUCTUATED THEN QUIT. MR. BROOKS NOTICED THE EGT AT OVERTEMP JUST PRIOR TO ENGINE STOPPAGE. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE SIDE OF A WOODED HILL. MR. BROOKS WAS ASSISTED FROM THE WRECKAGE PRIOR TO A POST ACCIDENT FIRE WHICH ENGULFED THE AIRCRAFT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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