# Accident 19951002030919A: Socata TB9, Decatur, AL, October 2, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1995, 17:30 local time
- Place: Decatur, AL
- Airport: Pryor Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OG5S
- Location: 34.5709° N, 86.9801° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5709&lon=-86.9801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N152ND, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N152ND-1998-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB 9 TAMPICO (registry code 8680694, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-9-tampico) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB9
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL96LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951002030919A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON ADDING POWER ON TOUCH AND GO. THROTTLE KNOB CAME OFF. THROTTLE STILL OPERATIONAL.

## 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 ATL96LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA002), Oct 2, 1995: Socata TB-9 (N152ND), Decatur, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an aborted takeoff attempt. A factor was the stripped throttle knob threads.

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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