Clifford TITAN TORNADO II N39YP
17 August 2007 · Henning, Minnesota, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 17 August 2007 at about 01:23 local time, a Clifford TITAN TORNADO II registered N39YP was involved in an accident near Henning, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 01:23
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Henning, Minnesota, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Clifford TITAN TORNADO II
- Registration
- N39YP
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Ottertail → Ottertail
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI07LA272
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The inadvertent stall and low airspeed while maneuvering. A contributing factor was the low altitude of the maneuver.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The experimental amateur-built airplane owned and piloted by a private pilot was reported maneuvering at a low altitude over a house when it spiraled in a nose down attitude following an increase in engine noise. No anomalies were noted that would have precluded normal airplane operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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