# Accident 20051119032839A: TINGLESPEC, Tucson, AZ, November 19, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2005, 09:20 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: La Cholla Airpark Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4467° N, 111.0028° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4467&lon=-111.0028&mi=10
- Aircraft: N660T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N660T-2007-02-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tingle Thomas H TINGLE SPECIAL (registry code 056150M, https://openairdocs.org/model/tingle-thomas-h-tingle-special) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TINGLESPEC
- Reported engine: WALTER M601D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 22 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051119032839A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 LAX06LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA041), Nov 19, 2005: Tingle Special (N660T), Tucson, AZ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive use of power during takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent torque roll shortly after lift off. Also causal was the pilot's failure to abort the takeoff when directional…

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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