# Accident 20021003031939A: Socata TB20TRINIDAD, Texarkana, AR, October 3, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2002, 09:32 local time
- Place: Texarkana, AR
- Airport: Texarkana Municipal Webb Fld
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4575° N, 93.9869° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4575&lon=-93.9869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N575RM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N575RM-2005-05-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB20TRINIDAD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03FA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021003031939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 3, 2002, AT 0932 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A SOCATA TB-20 SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N575RM, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING TO LAND AT TEXARKANA REGIONAL AIRPORT NEAR TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY W&W ENTERPRISES OF TEXARKANA, TX. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED, AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE TEXARKANA REGIONAL AIRPORT AT 0840.

## 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 FTW03FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03FA003), Oct 3, 2002: Socata TB-20 (N575RM), Texarkana, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The inadvertamt stall by the student pilot, and the inadequate supervision by the flight instructor.

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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