# Accident 19920308005159A: Socata TB10TOBAGO, Elkhart, IN, March 8, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1992, 20:00 local time
- Place: Elkhart, IN
- Airport: Elkhart Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7204° N, 85.9839° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7204&lon=-85.9839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N105A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N105A-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB 10 (registry code 8680696, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB10TOBAGO
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 209 total, 32 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI92LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920308005159A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BROKE OUT ON APPROACH. WENT VISUAL IN MARGINAL VFR. NEGLECTED TO CHECK ALTITUDE.STRUCK TREES AND REMAINED SUSPENDED

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI92LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA106), Mar 8, 1992: Socata TB-10 (N105A), Elkhart, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: PROPER GLIDEPATH WAS NOT MAINTAINED AND MINIMUM DESCENT ALTITUDE WAS NOT MAINTAINED BY THE PILOT RESULTING IN COLLISION WITH TREES. FACTORS RELATE TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL…

## Other reports on N105A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19951210047659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951210047659I), Dec 10, 1995: Socata TB10TOBAGO (N105A), Ft Lauderdale, FL. Narrative: ATC cleared flt down from FL410 early. Leaving FL350 light turb was encountered and seat belt sign was turned on flt subsequently cleared to 11,000…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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