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FAA accident report · Socata TBM 700 · Reading, PA · December 6, 2003

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Date
December 6, 2003 · 04:40 local
Place
Reading, PA
Airport
Reading Municipal Gen Carl A Spaatz
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N700QD
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC04LA044
Reported as
Socata TBM700
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total1,500 in this make and model210 in the last 90 days
N700QDRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 2012 · Socata TBM 700S/N 174 · Built 2001Airframe modelSocata TBM 700Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

(-23) After arriving at Reading regional airport (rdg) for an early morning flight, the pilot checked weather, filed an IFR flight plan and pre-flighted aircraft. During pre-flight, the pilot was told the aircraft had been kept in the hangar and fueled there about two hours earlier due to the extreme cold and falling snow. The hangar doors were open to allow the aircraft to acclimate to the cold. The pilot immediately started the engine and proceeded to the nearest taxiway entrance to runway 13. During the engine run-up, all systems checked okay. On takeoff roll and after lift-off in snowing conditions, the aircraft started to shudder and would not climb. The aircraft would not accelerate beyond 110 knots, and started to los altitude. The aircraft impacted with the gear down in an open field about one mile from the departure end of runway 13. The onboard recorder showed that the flight lasted six minutes and ten seconds from engine start to the crash. The recorder showed that the engine was developing full power and all onboard equipment was working properly. Pictures taken at the accident scene showed measurable amounts of rime and clear ice over the wing fuel tanks.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER ARRIVING AT READING REGIONAL AIRPORT (RDG) FOR AN EARLY MORNING FLIGHT, THE PILOT CHECKED WEATHER, FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND PRE-FLIGHTED AIRCRAFT. DURING PRE-FLIGHT, THE PILOT WAS TOLD THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN KEPT IN THE HANGAR AND FUELED THERE ABOUT TWO HOURS EARLIER DUE TO THE EXTREME COLD AND FALLING SNOW. THE HANGAR DOORS WERE OPEN TO ALLOW THE AIRCRAFT TO ACCLIMATE TO THE COLD. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY STARTED THE ENGINE AND PROCEEDED TO THE NEAREST TAXIWAY ENTRANCE TO RUNWAY 13. DURING THE ENGINE RUN-UP, ALL SYSTEMS CHECKED OKAY. ON TAKEOFF ROLL AND AFTER LIFT-OFF IN SNOWING CONDITIONS, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SHUDDER AND WOULD NOT CLIMB. THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BEYOND 110 KNOTS, AND STARTED TO LOS ALTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED WITH THE GEAR DOWN IN AN OPEN FIELD ABOUT ONE MILE FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 13. THE ONBOARD RECORDER SHOWED THAT THE FLIGHT LASTED SIX MINUTES AND TEN SECONDS FROM ENGINE START TO THE CRASH. THE RECORDER SHOWED THAT THE ENGINE WAS DEVELOPING FULL POWER AND ALL ONBOARD EQUIPMENT WAS WORKING PROPERLY. PICTURES TAKEN AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE SHOWED MEASURABLE AMOUNTS OF RIME AND CLEAR ICE OVER THE WING FUEL TANKS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB NYC04LA044Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportReading, PAThe pilot's improper decision to not apply de-icing fluid to the wings prior to takeoff, which resulted in snow/ice contamination on the of the wings, a stall mush, and a forced landing in an open field.Dec 6, 2003 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N700QD · 1

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

Incident 20030205001699IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Charleston, SC(-23) On February 05, 2003, at 2200 local during taxi to parking at the Charleston aft, Charleston, SC, a TBM-700-700, N700QD, struck a deer. The aircraft sustained minor damage ot the nose wheel door. Propeller damage was sustained. No injuries to the pilots.Feb 5, 2003 · Minor damage