39.1683° N, 77.1660° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPARK (GAI), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 29, 1998 · 22:15 local
Place
Gaithersburg, MD
Airport
Montgomery County Arpk Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N700GJ
Reported as
Socata TBM700
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,350 total300 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: pilot reported steep fast approach; floated down runway 32 degree gai and due to diminishing runway length, planted aircraft firmly causing multiple bounces and resulting in damage to nose gear, cowling, engine, and prop. privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED STEEP FAST APPROACH; FLOATED DOWN RUNWAY 32 DEGREE GAI AND DUE TO DIMINISHING RUNWAY LENGTH, PLANTED AIRCRAFT FIRMLY CAUSING MULTIPLE BOUNCES AND RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR, COWLING, ENGINE, AND PROP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^