# Accident 20070817020069A: Amtr TORNADOII, Henning, MN, August 17, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2007, 20:23 local time
- Place: Henning, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3661° N, 95.4688° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3661&lon=-95.4688&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39YP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39YP-2008-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Heschke Clifford TITAN TORNADO II (registry code 05613UZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/heschke-clifford-titan-tornado-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TORNADOII
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 754 total, 778 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA272) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070817020069A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 08/16/2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 HRS THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DEPARTED FROM HIS HOME AIRFIELD LOCATED A COUPLE OF MILES SOUTH OF OTTERTAIL, MN IN HIS EXPERIMENTAL/AMATEUR BUILT, TITAN TORNADO II AIRCRAFT, N39YP. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PROCEEDED SE TO THE HENNING, MN AIRPORT WHERE HE WAS OBSERVED TO HAVE MADE AT LEAST ONE TOUCH AND GO MANEUVER. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  THEN PROCEEDED NNW FROM HENNING WHERE HE WAS SEEN TO APPROACH THE FARM OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^(A FAMILY FRIEND) FROM THE SOUTH. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS OBSERVED TO MAKE A STEEP LEFT TURN IN ORDER TO MAKE A LOW PASS IN FRONT OF THE FARM HOUSE TO WAVE HELLO. THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  AIRCRAFT WAS LOST FROM SIGHT DUE TO SOME LARGE TREES NEAR THE FARM HOUSE. THERE WERE 4 PEOPLE ON THE DECK OF THE HOUSE WHO HEARD THE ENGINE RPM CHANGE PITCH, BECOMING MUCH HIGHER. SECONDS LATER THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED IN THE BEAN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS NORTH OF THE FARM HOUSE. NO ONE AT THE FARM HOUSE SAW THE IMPACT. AN 11 YEAR OLD CHILD IN A PASSING CAR STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TWISTED IN THE AIR AND CAME STRAIGHT DOWN. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT SURVIVE THE IMPACT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAMILY HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THE AIRCRAFT LOG BOOKS OR PILOT'S LOG YET. AMENDMENT TO FOLLOW.

## 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 CHI07LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA272), Aug 17, 2007: Clifford Titan Tornado II (N39YP), Henning, MN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The inadvertent stall and low airspeed while maneuvering. A contributing factor was the low altitude of the maneuver.

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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