# Incident 19980129005069I: Socata TBM700, Gaithersburg, MD, January 29, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1998, 22:15 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery County Arpk Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1683° N, 77.1660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPARK (GAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1683&lon=-77.1660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700GJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TBM700
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 300 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980129005069I

## Narrative

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

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^

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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