# Accident 20010326007999A: Socata TBM700, Denver, CO, March 26, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2001, 07:19 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 39.5667° N, 104.8428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5667&lon=-104.8428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300WC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N300WC-2002-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TBM 700 (registry code 8682000, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tbm-700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TBM700
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010326007999A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 DEN01FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA075), Mar 26, 2001: Socata TBM 700 (N300WC), Englewood, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the 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…

## Other reports on N300WC (1)

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

- [Incident 19931220050049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931220050049I), Dec 20, 1993: Socata TBM700 (N300WC), Mosinee, WI, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control on an ice covered runway. Veered off runway. Had a crosswind. Ice on windshield.

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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