# Accident 19920822032549A: Socata TBM700, South Lake Taho, CA, August 22, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1992, 13:03 local time
- Place: South Lake Taho, CA
- Airport: Lake Tahoe
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8939° N, 119.9953° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE TAHOE (TVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8939&lon=-119.9953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N339W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N339W-1992-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TBM 700 (registry code 8682000, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tbm-700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TBM700
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 845 total, 50 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX92LA359](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA359) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920822032549A

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS ALLOWING FRIEND TO LAND IN GUSTY CROSSWIND. WIND PICKED UP WING. PIC UNABLE OVERPOWER FRIEND. GROUND LOOPED

## 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 LAX92LA359](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA359), Aug 22, 1992: TBM TBM 700 (N339W), So. Lake Tahoe, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF BOTH PILOTS TO ADEQUATELY ANTICIPATE AND COMPENSATE FOR THE VARIABLE CROSS WIND CONDITION, AND, THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF THE FLIGHT. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT…

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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