# Incident 19951210047659I: Socata TB10TOBAGO, Ft Lauderdale, FL, December 10, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1995, 22:45 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,600 total, 4,003 in this make and model, 199 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951210047659I

## Narrative

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

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 FT ON THE FLL STAR. CAPTAIN STATED IN HIS LETTER TO DFW CHIEF PILOT "VISIBILITY WAS GOOD" AND HE "COULD SEE THE COASTLINE AND FLL AREA 120 MILES OUT." CAPTAIN WAS NOT USING HIS AIRBORNE RADAR DURING THE DESCENT BECAUSE OF HIS PERCEPTION OF GOOD VISIBILITY AHEAD PROBABLY MEANT THERE WAS NO CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IN THE AREA. PASSING THROUGH 12,000 FT. A CLOUD HE DID NOT SEE WAS ENCOUNTERED AND THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED "MODERATE TURBULENCE". THREE PASSENGERS AND ONE F/A SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. CAPTAIN CALLED AHEAD FOR MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO MEET THE FLIGHT. PASSENGERS WERE TREATED AT THE AIRPORT AND SENT HOME. F/A SENT TO HOSPITAL AND RELEASED IN 3 HOURS, THEREFORE THIS IS ONLY CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE CAPTAIN WAS LULLED INTO THINKING COASTLINE FAR AHEAD, AND ALSO COULD VISUALLY SEE TWO PRECEDING AIRCRAFT ON THE STAR ALSO. THE CHIEF PILOT IN DFW TOLD CAPT. LEWIS TO USE RADAR IN THE

## Other reports on N105A (1)

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

- [Accident 19920308005159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920308005159A), Mar 8, 1992: Socata TB10TOBAGO (N105A), Elkhart, IN, Substantial damage. Broke out on approach. Went visual in marginal VFR. Neglected to check altitude. Struck trees and remained suspended

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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