# Accident 20030425005309A: Socata TBM700, Mobile, AL, April 25, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2003, 20:12 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Brookley
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6353° N, 88.0664° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6353&lon=-88.0664&mi=10
- Aircraft: N705QD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N705QD-2006-07-10) (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
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A64
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 408 in this make and model, 177 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030425005309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 24, 2003, AT 20:12 CDST, A SOCATA TBM 700B, N705QD, CRASHED ONE-HALF MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 18, AT BROOKLEY FIELD LOCATED IN MOBILE, ALABAMA. ACCORDING TO AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER ON DUTY AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD A "RUNWAY ENGINE" AND STATED THAT HE WAS SHUTTING THE ENGINE DOWN. ONE MINUTE LATER DURING THE APPROACH, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT THINK THAT HE WAS GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT. THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER THEN TOLD THE PILOT THAT THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE ON THEIR WAY. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE WRECKAGE SITE REVEALED THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD COLLIDED WITH A TELEPHONE POLE 38 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE PILE RIPPED OFF FIVE FEET OF THE RIGHT WING INBOARD FROM THE TIP, CAUSING THE PLANE TO FLIP OVER AND CRASH. THE AIRPLANE HIT THE GROUND INVERTED AND TRAVELED ABOUT 487 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT IT HAD BEEN CONSUMED BY POST-CRASH FIRE FROM THE ENGINE FIREWALL AFT.

## 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 ATL03FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA082), Apr 25, 2003: Socata TBM 700B (N705QD), Mobile, AL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The improper installation of the power control linkage on the engine fuel control unit by maintenance personnel which resulted in a loss of power lever control, and the pilot's failure to follow…

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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