Titan TORNADO accident near Lewisville, AR
On April 30, 2023, a Titan TORNADO (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lewisville, AR. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 30, 2023
- Place
- Lewisville, AR
- Aircraft
- Titan TORNADO · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.266°N, 93.574°W
- NTSB ID
- 20230501107170
Official records · CEN23FA167
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn April 30, 2023, about 1700 central daylight time, a Titan Tornado experimental light-sport airplane, N31311, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Lewisville, Arkansas. The non-certificated pilot sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The private airstrip owner reported that the accident pilot and two other airplanes arrived earlier that day. According to witnesses, the surface winds had increased during the day, and the winds were gusty when the three pilots elected to depart. The airstrip owner noted that the winds were gusty enough that he would not have operated his personal airplane from his airstrip at the time. The airstrip owner reported that the accident pilot told him he intended to perform a steep climbing takeoff on departure to demonstrate the airplane’s climb performance. The airstrip owner observed the airplane take off, then enter a steep initial climb and left turn over wooded terrain before he lost sight of the airplane due to the terrain. A witness, located at her residence near the departure end of the runway, reported that the first two airplanes appeared to depart normally before the accident airplane’s departure. During the accident airplane’s departure, the witness thought the airplane would impact a tree in her yard when it banked to the left at a low altitude, but the airplane impacted trees southeast of her residence (See Figure 1). Figure 1. Accident site overview. WRECKAGE AND IMPACT INFORMATIONThe main wreckage was located in a f
Probable cause
The non-certificated pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of control at an altitude too low to recover.
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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.
