Titan TORNADO II N9168P
18 February 2023 · Windom, Minnesota, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 18 February 2023 at about 18:15 local time, a Titan TORNADO II registered N9168P was involved in an accident near Windom, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. 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 18:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Windom, Minnesota, United States
- Coordinates
- 46.7133, -92.4913
- Aircraft
- Titan TORNADO II
- Registration
- N9168P
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2007
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fredenberg Township → Cloquet
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN23LA110
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The fatigue failure of the right landing gear leg that resulted in its separation from the airplane during takeoff.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot stated that while taking off on a frozen lake with hard-packed snow, the right main landing gear separated from the airplane. He continued the takeoff and landed the airplane without further incident on a snow-covered lake near his home. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer due to impact from the right main landing gear. A metallurgical examination of the right main landing gear leg assembly revealed that bilateral fatigue cracks originated from the inner wall of a cross-drilled hole near the right gear leg socket. Eventually, overload and bending stresses in the direction of the fatigue cracks resulted in the right gear leg separating. It was unclear why the hole was drilled. There is an identical hole in the same spot on the left landing gear leg.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Titan TORNADO accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Apr 2023 | Titan TORNADO | Lewisville, Arkansas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 6 Jul 2020 | Titan TORNADO | Mankato, Kansas, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 4 Nov 2018 | Titan TORNADO 1 | Louisa, Virginia, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Apr 2017 | Titan TORNADO I | Spanaway, Washington, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 15 Oct 2015 | Titan TORNADO | Mitchells, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Dec 2014 | Titan TORNADO II | Catlett, Virginia, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Feb 2023 | Cessna 172S | Princeton, Minnesota, United States | Twin Cities Flight Training, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 27 Jun 2023 | Schweizer G-164B | Beltrami, Minnesota, United States | Gasper Air Spray, Inc | Fatal | 1 |
| 11 May 2023 | Loehle Acft 5151 MUSTANG | Hector, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Sep 2023 | Cessna 150K | South Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Jun 2023 | Icon A5 | Onamia, Minnesota, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 12 Mar 2023 | Socata TB21 | Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |