# Accident 20150225003959A: Rose Tommy E THUNDER MUSTANG, Helotes, TX, February 25, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2015, 16:15 local time
- Place: Helotes, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5636° N, 98.7194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5636&lon=-98.7194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7TR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7TR-2016-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rose Tommy E THUNDER MUSTANG (registry code 05606PO, https://openairdocs.org/model/rose-tommy-e-thunder-mustang) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROSE TOMMY E THUNDER MUSTANG
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR RYAN FALCONER V-12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15FA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150225003959A

## Narrative

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

A WITNESS OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT PASS BY AT AN ESTIMATED ALTITUDE OF APPROX. 600 FEET AGL. WHEN IT NEARED THE GOVERNMENT CANYON AREA HE OBSERVED AN INSIDE LOOP MANEUVER, AND THE AIRCRAFT DECENDED OUT OF SIGHT BEHIND A HILL.

THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES AND ROCKY TERRAIN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.

## 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 CEN15FA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA154), Feb 25, 2015: Rose Thunder Mustang (N7TR), Helotes, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain terrain clearance from terrain after initiating an aerobatic maneuver at a low altitude.

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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