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Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Socata TBM 700 · Denver, CO · March 26, 2001

Date: March 26, 2001 · 07:19 local
Place: Denver, CO
Airport: Centennial Airport
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N300WC
NTSB investigation: NTSBDEN01FA075
Reported as: Socata TBM700
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1

N300WCRegistration cancelled Jan 25, 2002 · Socata TBM 700S/N 82 Airframe modelSocata TBM 700 Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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(-23)Pilot departed apa on an IFR flight plan to santa monica municipal airport (smo). Visibility was significantly restricted (IMC), so apa ATCT personnel was unable to observe the departure. Shortly after being handed off to Denver departure control, radar and radio communications were lost. Preliminary radar data shows the airplane in a climbing--then descending--left turn after departure. The aircraft crashed on the apa airport property near, and east of, the departure runway and was destroyed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)PILOT DEPARTED APA ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SMO). VISIBILITY WAS SIGNIFICANTLY RESTRICTED (IMC), SO APA ATCT PERSONNEL WAS UNABLE TO OBSERVE THE DEPARTURE. SHORTLY AFTER BEING HANDED OFF TO DENVER DEPARTURE CONTROL, RADAR AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WERE LOST. PRELIMINARY RADAR DATA SHOWS THE AIRPLANE IN A CLIMBING--THEN DESCENDING--LEFT TURN AFTER DEPARTURE. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON THE APA AIRPORT PROPERTY NEAR, AND EAST OF, THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY AND WAS DESTROYED.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB DEN01FA075Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportEnglewood, COthe pilot's spatial disorientation, which led to his failure to maintain aircraft control. A contributing factor was the pilot's decision to intentionally fly into known adverse weather that consisted of low ceilings, obscuration, and ice fog.Mar 26, 2001 · Destroyed

Other reports on N300WC · 1

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

Incident 19931220050049IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Mosinee, WIPilot lost directional control on an ice covered runway. Veered off runway. Had a crosswind. Ice on windshield.Dec 20, 1993 · Minor damage