# Accident 19961007043989A: Socata TB20TRINIDAD, Mobile, AL, October 7, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 1996, 17:53 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Bates Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6792° N, 88.3004° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6792&lon=-88.3004&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59TB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59TB-2014-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB20TRINIDAD
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4D5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,671 total, 255 in this make and model, 258 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961007043989A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MIA97LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA003), Oct 7, 1996: Socata TB-20 (N59TB), Mobile, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper management of fuel, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and loss of engine power during a go-around, and subsequent collision with trees and terrain during a forced landing.

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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