# Accident 20020126000719A: Socata TAMPICO TB 9C, Marlboro, MA, January 26, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2002, 16:02 local time
- Place: Marlboro, MA
- Airport: Marlboro Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3449° N, 71.5518° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3449&lon=-71.5518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28239, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28239-2017-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TAMPICO TB 9C (registry code 8680693, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tampico-tb-9c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC02LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020126000719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) RESPONDED TO CALL FROM NE COMM CENTER. AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG AND FAST AT MARLBORO AIRPORT AND CRASHED INTO FENCE AT END OF RUNWAY 32. ARRIVED ON SCENE TO VIEW AIRCRAFT PROP ENTANGLED IN CHAIN LINK FENCING AT END OF RUNWAY AT THE EDGE OF STREET RUNNING PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY, FARM STREET. NOTED SEVERAL DENTS IN LEADING EDGE OF BOTH WINGS, WINGTIPS LIGHTS BROKEN. FORCE OF IMPACT INTO FENCE POLES CAUSED LH WING TO SHOW A CREASE AND POP RIVETS AT POINT WHERE WING MEETS THE FUSELAGE. HAD ENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGE AS AIRCRAFT HIT FENCE TRAVELING APPROX. 20-30MPH. DAMAGE ALSO TO PROPELLER. INTERVIEWED PILOT OF AIRCRAFT. WAS ON A TEMPORARY PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE ISSUED 12/04/01. VERY LOW TIME. 98 TOTAL HOURS. ALMOST ALL IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL. PILOT STATED THAT HE DID TWO PASSES AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON THE THIRD PASS. THE RUNWAY IS LISTED AT 1682 FEET AND HAD TREES ON THE APPROACH END. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN & PROCEEDED DOWN THE RUNWAY APPROX. 400 FEET AND CONTACTED THE 8' CHAIN LINK FENCE.

## 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 NYC02LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA052), Jan 26, 2002: Socata TB-9 (N28239), Marlborough, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to achieve a proper touchdown point on the runway which resulted in an overrun. A factor was the pilot's lack of experience in short field operations.

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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