Shear Titan Tornado accident near Brooks, OR
On December 2, 2003, a Shear Titan Tornado (airplane) was involved in an accident near Brooks, OR. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- December 2, 2003
- Place
- Brooks, OR
- Aircraft
- Shear Titan Tornado · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 45.047°N, 122.956°W
- NTSB ID
- 20031205X02004
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 2, 2003, approximately 1500 Pacific standard time, a Shear Titan Tornado, N183T, experimental single-engine airplane, sustained substantial damage after impacting a power line followed by terrain while maneuvering near Brooks, Oregon. The aircraft was registered to a private individual. The uncertificated pilot, sole occupant of the aircraft, was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The aircraft departed a private airstrip located on the northeast side of Salem, Oregon, at an unknown time. The aircraft's destination was also unknown. In written reports furnished by local law enforcement personnel to the NTSB investigator-in-charge (IIC), 7 witnesses supplied information relative to the accident. Witness #1, a private pilot, reported observing an aircraft flying west of Interstate 5, then proceed east across the Interstate between 500 and 600 feet above ground level. The witness stated he then observed the aircraft circling back to the west, "...when I noticed how slow it was flying." The witness reported seeing the aircraft's nose "rise to an extremely high angle, then appeared to hang for a moment before rolling over on its back, and then immediately plunge toward the earth." The witness further stated that he observed the aircraft, "... in an inside-arching curve before seeing sparks fly up, when he apparently went through electrical lines." Witnesses #2, #3, and #4, reported hearing a problem with the engine, as if it were "cutting in and out," bef
Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering due to a hypoglycemic condition.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
