20051119032839A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Tinglespec · Tucson, AZ · November 19, 2005

Date
November 19, 2005 · 09:20 local
Place
Tucson, AZ
Airport
La Cholla Airpark Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N660T
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX06LA041
Reported as
Tinglespec
Reported engine
WALTER M601D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
28,000 total22 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The aircraft was a two-place tricycle landing geared with a 750SHP turbopropeller engine with a 99-inch 3-bladed propeller. The aircraft had applied what witnesses described as full power and the aircraft performed a left torque roll, climbed about 100 feet and crashed inverted off the left side of the runway. The aircraft was producing a large amount of power based on evidence at the crash site. No control anomalies were discovered in the crash site and some witnesses stated that the controls all appeared to be attempting to right the aircraft (hard right rudder with full aileron deflection). Both occupants were ejected from the impact and fatally injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS A TWO-PLACE TRICYCLE LANDING GEARED WITH A 750SHP TURBOPROPELLER ENGINE WITH A 99-INCH 3-BLADED PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT HAD APPLIED WHAT WITNESSES DESCRIBED AS FULL POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED A LEFT TORQUE ROLL, CLIMBED ABOUT 100 FEET AND CRASHED INVERTED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PRODUCING A LARGE AMOUNT OF POWER BASED ON EVIDENCE AT THE CRASH SITE. NO CONTROL ANOMALIES WERE DISCOVERED IN THE CRASH SITE AND SOME WITNESSES STATED THAT THE CONTROLS ALL APPEARED TO BE ATTEMPTING TO RIGHT THE AIRCRAFT (HARD RIGHT RUDDER WITH FULL AILERON DEFLECTION). BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE EJECTED FROM THE IMPACT AND FATALLY INJURED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.