# Accident 20050623012599A: Amtr TORNADO, Moore Township, PA, June 23, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2005, 16:13 local time
- Place: Moore Township, PA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TORNADO
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050623012599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN OPERATING INTERMITTENTLY. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CONTROLLED FLIGHT AND FREE-FELL TO THE GROUND, IMPACTING THE GROUND IN A NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE. THE PILOT RECEIVED BLUNT FORCE TRAUMATIC FATAL INJURIES FROM THE IMPACT. CORONER'S INVESTIGATION INDICATED THERE WERE NO PHYSIOLOGICAL CAUSES FOR THIS ACCIDENT. INVESTIGATION THE FOLLOWING DAY REVEALED IMPROPERLY INSTALLED SPARK PLUG ON THE REAR CYLINDER CAUSED THE SPARK PLUG HOLE THREADS TO THE STRIPPED, ALLOWING THE PLUG TO BE BLOWN OUT OF THE CYLINDER SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. SIGNIFICANT POWER LOSS FOLLOWED. BOTH THROTTLE LINKAGES WERE LOOSE AT THE CARBURETOR ATTACHMENT.

## 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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