# Accident 20090420005879A: Amtr TITANTORNADO, Slaughter, LA, April 20, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2009, 10:39 local time
- Place: Slaughter, LA
- Airport: A & P Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7272° N, 91.1425° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7272&lon=-91.1425&mi=10
- Aircraft: N226BW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N226BW-2013-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Whitehead Wilburn B JR TITAN TORNADO II (registry code 05605OY, https://openairdocs.org/model/whitehead-wilburn-b-jr-titan-tornado-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TITANTORNADO
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 196 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA255) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090420005879A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM A&P AIRPARK (LS 77) IN SLAUGHTER, LA EN ROUTE TO JONESVILLE, LA (L32).  THE STUDENT PILOT MADE TWO PRACTICE RUNS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, AND STAYED IN THE PATTERN A APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET.  AIRCRAFT WAS OCILLATING (MOVING UP AND DOWN)20-30 FEET IN ACCORDANCE WITH EYEWITNESSES THE ENTIRE TIME.  THE STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT THE AIRPORT AND CRASHED ON THE EAST SIDE OF RUNWAY 36.  STUDENT PILOT'S LOG BOOK DID NOT SHOW ANY FLIGHT TIME IN THE MAKE, MODEL OF THE AIRCRAFT BEING FLOWN.  LAST ENTRY IN THE STUDENT LOG BOOK IS DATED 5/17/2008; NO OTHER FLIGHT TIME IS RECORDED IN THE LOG BOOK AFTER THE ABOVE DATE.  THIS AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPED WITH A BALLISTIC PARACHUTE, AND AFTER THE CRASH BALLISTIC PARACHUTE WAS ARMED AND NOT DEPLOYED.

## 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 CEN09LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA255), Apr 20, 2009: Whitehead Titan (N226BW), Slaughter, LA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's incorrect use of pitch control, resulting in induced pitch oscillations and loss of aircraft control. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's total lack of experience in aircraft…

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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