Reay Titan Tornado II accident near Winsted, MN
On June 17, 2005, a Reay Titan Tornado II (airplane) was involved in an accident near Winsted, MN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 17, 2005
- Place
- Winsted, MN
- Aircraft
- Reay Titan Tornado II · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 44.950°N, 94.067°W
- NTSB ID
- 20050621X00821
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 17, 2005, at 1300 central daylight time, an amateur-built Reay Titan Tornado II, N122AR, was destroyed when it impacted a marshy area of Grass Lake, near Winsted, Minnesota. The pilot was fatally injured. The Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight departed Winsted Municipal Airport (10D) at an unknown time. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was filed. A witness reported that he observed the following: "I walked out of my garage onto my front lawn and saw the airplane doing a loop. When I saw it, he was at the top of the loop. When he got to the bottom arc of the loop the engine sputtered or coughed a couple of times. Then it regained power and sounded fine. He leveled off a short distance and then went into a straight nosedive. The engine sounded like it was full throttle. I saw it till [it] got below the tree line." Another witness reported that he was at the Winsted airport at the time of the accident. He reported that he heard the engine "really laboring ... and could tell [the pilot] was climbing like a son of a gun and going for altitude. But when I looked up he was headed straight down ... ." He reported, "He was pulling back hard and recovered to level flight - or nearly level - but just for a moment. That was all I saw before he went behind the tree line." The witness reported that the engine was at full throttle. He reported, "When he pulled out he must have been pulling some really high g's to pull out at that speed." The witness explained that the Tornado "picks u
Probable cause
The pilot performed an unauthorized aerobatic loop and failed to maintain control of the airplane.
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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.
