# Accident 20050617033869A: Amtr TITANTORNADO, Winsted, MN, June 17, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2005, 13:00 local time
- Place: Winsted, MN
- Airport: Winsted Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9497° N, 94.0667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9497&lon=-94.0667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N122AR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N122AR-2007-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Reay AL TITAN TORNADO (registry code 056090R, https://openairdocs.org/model/reay-al-titan-tornado) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TITANTORNADO
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050617033869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITNESSES STATED AIRCRAFT PERFORMED A LOOP AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 FEET WHILE TRAVELING SW. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LOOP THE AIRCRAFT LEVELED MOMENTARILY THEN ROLLED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT THEN NOSED OVER AND CRASHED INTO GRASS LAKE. THE REAR DOOR WAS FOUND ON A ROAD SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET NORTH OF THE CRASH SIGHT. PER THE AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE AND OPERATING LIMITATIONS ISSUED 5/10/2001, THE AIRCRAFT IS PROHIBITED FROM AEROBATIC FLIGHT. THE ENGINE WAS NOT RECOVERED BY THE MCCLOUD COUNTY SHERIFF, IT WAS RECOVERED BY THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED AIRMAN. THE ENGINE WAS INSPECTED ON 6/29/2005 BY FAA INSPECTORS AND ROTAX. NO ANOMALIES WERE NOTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI05LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA148), Jun 17, 2005: Reay Titan Tornado II (N122AR), Winsted, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot performed an unauthorized aerobatic loop and failed to maintain control of the airplane.

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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