# Incident 20151222019459I: Kolbo Roger L TITAN TORNADO II, Santa Fe, TX, December 22, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 2015, 08:30 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3876° N, 95.1015° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Fe, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3876&lon=-95.1015&mi=10
- Aircraft: N524RC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N524RC-2023-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kolbo Roger L TITAN TORNADO II (registry code 056242L, https://openairdocs.org/model/kolbo-roger-l-titan-tornado-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 2200 (registry code 34800, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-2200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KOLBO ROGER L TITAN TORNADO II
- Reported engine: JABIRU 2200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 333 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151222019459I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/22/2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 08:30 AN AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, N524RC, EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER AND LANDED IN A FIELD LOCATED AT 6002 AVE. A, SANTA FE, TEXAS.

THE LOCAL FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED FROM A NEARBY AIRPORT LOCATED IN HITCHCOCK, TEXAS.

PILOT STATED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 FEET THE ENGINE FAILED. HE STATED THE ENGINE RESTARTED BUT THEN STOPPED AGAIN AND WOULD NOT RESTART.

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD, COMING TO REST AGAINST A FENCE.

DAMAGE TO TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED DAMAGE TO INBOARD LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING, MAIN GEAR BROKEN AND DAMAGE TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

THE PILOT STATED AFTER THE ACCIDENT  THE ENGINE WAS STARTED AND RAN FINE AND HE SUSPECTED CARBURETOR ICE.

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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