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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Socata TBM 700 · Scottsdale, AZ · July 14, 2003

Date: July 14, 2003 · 12:35 local
Place: Scottsdale, AZ
Airport: Scottsdale Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N701AV
Reported as: Socata TBM700
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 935 total255 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N701AVRegistered now · Socata TBM 700S/N 179 · Built 2000 Airframe modelSocata TBM 700 Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesTurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot demetrios "james" bidozs stated that he was high and fast upon arrival at Scottsdale airport. He said that he was distracted by a dog that got free of restraints and attempted to enter the cockpit. The pilot said that he attempted to land with the extra speed and the aircraft porpoised. The nose gear was bent and all four propeller blades were bent. Propeller strike marks were left on the runway at about 4,000 feet beyond the runway threshold and additional strike marks were left about 4,800 feet beyond the runway threshold. Airport security video shows the aircraft in a nose low attitude during approach and prior to touch down.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DEMETRIOS "JAMES" BIDOZS STATED THAT HE WAS HIGH AND FAST UPON ARRIVAL AT SCOTTSDALE AIRPORT. HE SAID THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED BY A DOG THAT GOT FREE OF RESTRAINTS AND ATTEMPTED TO ENTER THE COCKPIT. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND WITH THE EXTRA SPEED AND THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED. THE NOSE GEAR WAS BENT AND ALL FOUR PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT. PROPELLER STRIKE MARKS WERE LEFT ON THE RUNWAY AT ABOUT 4,000 FEET BEYOND THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD AND ADDITIONAL STRIKE MARKS WERE LEFT ABOUT 4,800 FEET BEYOND THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. AIRPORT SECURITY VIDEO SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE DURING APPROACH AND PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN.