Tingle Special accident near Tucson, AZ
On November 19, 2005, a Tingle Special (airplane) was involved in an accident near Tucson, AZ. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 19, 2005
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Aircraft
- Tingle Special · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 32.447°N, 111.003°W
- NTSB ID
- 20051123X01883
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 19, 2005, at 0920 mountain standard time, a Tingle Special experimental airplane, N660T, impacted terrain on the departure end of runway 19 at the La Cholla Airpark in Tucson, Arizona. The airplane was destroyed and the pilot and his passenger were fatally injured. The airline transport pilot/owner operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 as a personal flight. The cross-country flight was departing at the time of the accident, and was destined for Carefree, Arizona. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed. According to the airpark members, the pilot and passenger had flown into La Cholla to attend a pancake breakfast that was taking place the morning of the accident. There were numerous witnesses to the accident, many of whom were pilots. Some observed the airplane on takeoff roll down runway 19 when the airplane began to drift to the left of centerline. Some observed dust below the left wing from the left main landing gear tire rolling in the dirt (some commented that they first believed a problem had developed with the left main landing gear). The airplane lifted off the ground in a nose high pitch attitude and rolled 90 degrees to the left in a knife-edge turn. The airplane then continued to an inverted position, descended at a 45-degree nose low pitch attitude, and impacted the ground. Witnesses reported that the airplane only obtained a total height of 40 to 150 feet above the ground before it began descending. All of the witnesses indicated that the engine seemed to be at full power d
Probable cause
The pilot's excessive use of power during takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent torque roll shortly after lift off. Also causal was the pilot's failure to abort the takeoff when directional control could not be maintained during the takeoff roll.
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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.
