# Karr Tom TITAN TORNADO

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05625ZM
- Manufacturer (registry): KARR TOM
- Model: TITAN TORNADO
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/karr-tom-titan-tornado

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (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 CHI96LA325](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA325), Sep 1, 1996: Karr Titan Tornado (N238PW), Union Pier, MI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot not obtaining/maintaining altitude/clearance. Factors were the pilot not maintaining aircraft control and intentional aerobatics.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Accident 19960901025419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960901025419A), Sep 1, 1996: Amtr TITANTORNADO (N238PW), Union Pier, MI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Crashed into lake during low level aerobatic manuever. Went inverted. Engine quit. Pilot drowned. (-23) aircraft was destroyed during impact with the surface…

## Service difficulty reports (2)

As reported by operators and repair stations, by the model named in the report.

- [SDR 2016FA0000330](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2016FA0000330), Jul 15, 2016: LANDING GEAR. BROKEN. NOSE LANDING GEAR BROKE AND SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT UPON LANDING ON A ROUGH SOD RUNWAY. THIS FAILURE WAS NOTED AS A CAUSAL FACTOR IN AN INCIDENT INVESTIGATION. 
- [SDR 20000504SH002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20000504SH002), Apr 2, 2000: SENSOR. MISINSTALLED. SILICONE WAS USED TO INSTALL A FUEL SENSING UNIT INSIDE THE FUEL TANK. THE SILICONE DISSOLVED AND SUBSEQUENTLY CLOGGED THE FUEL FILTER CAUSING THE ENGINE TO FAI

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Doig John M TITAN TORNADO](https://openairdocs.org/model/doig-john-m-titan-tornado): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05603HD
- [Spencer Gary L TITAN TORNADO](https://openairdocs.org/model/spencer-gary-l-titan-tornado): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05603RN
- [Krotje Peter R TITAN TORNADO](https://openairdocs.org/model/krotje-peter-r-titan-tornado): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05604JP
- [Hood Randy TITAN TORNADO](https://openairdocs.org/model/hood-randy-titan-tornado): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05604O9
- [Raum Ronald Anthony TITAN TORNADO](https://openairdocs.org/model/raum-ronald-anthony-titan-tornado): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05605RG
- [Shink William J JR TITAN TORNADO](https://openairdocs.org/model/shink-william-j-jr-titan-tornado): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05605XL
- [Sutter Gregory D TITAN TORNADO](https://openairdocs.org/model/sutter-gregory-d-titan-tornado): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05606A9
- [Coester Robert R TITAN TORNADO](https://openairdocs.org/model/coester-robert-r-titan-tornado): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0560782
- [Bennett Ivan Charles TITAN TORNADO](https://openairdocs.org/model/bennett-ivan-charles-titan-tornado): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05607XU
- [Webb Mark E TITAN TORNADO](https://openairdocs.org/model/webb-mark-e-titan-tornado): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056080U
- [Langley James H TITAN TORNADO](https://openairdocs.org/model/langley-james-h-titan-tornado): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05610NK
- [Myers Merlin Wayne TITAN TORNADO](https://openairdocs.org/model/myers-merlin-wayne-titan-tornado): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056113V

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