ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308560
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| Date: | Saturday 18 February 2023 |
| Time: | 13:45 |
| Type: | Titan Tornado II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9168P |
| MSN: | D00912COHK0376 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1212 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cloquet, MN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fredenberg Township, MN |
| Cloquet Carlton County Airport, MN (KCOQ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On February 18, 2023, about 1345 central standard time, a Titan Tornado II, N9168P, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Cloquet, Minnesota. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
According to the pilot, during the departure from Fish Lake the right main landing gear separated. A video of the takeoff showed the right main landing gear separate and come aft to strike the vertical stabilizer The pilot stated that he looked out the window and noticed that the landing gear was missing. The pilot continued his flight to Cloquet Airport; however, he decided to land on Big Lake in Perch Lake Township about seven miles west of Cloquet Airport to mitigate further damage to the airplane that may occur from landing on an asphalt runway. The pilot’s landing on Big Lake was uneventful.
A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the vertical stabilizer was crushed aft about midspan. The right main landing gear separated at the fuselage.
The right main landing gear was recovered and retained for further examination.
Sources:
https://www.fox21online.com/2023/02/18/small-home-built-plane-forced-to-land-on-lake/small-plane-on-lake/
https://www.northernnewsnow.com/2023/02/19/pilot-makes-emergency-landing-big-lake-saturday/
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