19961007043989A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD · Mobile, AL · October 7, 1996

Date
October 7, 1996 · 17:53 local
Place
Mobile, AL
Airport
Bates Field
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N59TB
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA97LA003
Reported as
Socata TB20TRINIDAD
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540C4D5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,671 total255 in this make and model258 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landed hard on ILS approach. Went around. Lost power. Left wing hit a tree. Crashed. Fuel tanks were empty.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED HARD ON ILS APPROACH. WENT AROUND. LOST POWER. LEFT WING HIT A TREE. CRASHED. FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.