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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Titan TORNADO I · Spanaway, WA · April 13, 2017

Date
April 13, 2017 · 09:51 local
Place
Spanaway, WA
Airport
Spanaway
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5131H
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR17LA087
Reported as
Titan Tornado I
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On climbout flight control was lost. Brs chute was deployed and aircraft crashed just east of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

ON CLIMBOUT FLIGHT CONTROL WAS LOST. BRS CHUTE WAS DEPLOYED AND AIRCRAFT CRASHED JUST EAST OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.