# Accident 20031206035559A: Socata TBM700, Reading, PA, December 6, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2003, 04:40 local time
- Place: Reading, PA
- Airport: Reading Municipal Gen Carl A Spaatz
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3744° N, 75.9469° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3744&lon=-75.9469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700QD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N700QD-2012-08-06) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031206035559A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 NYC04LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA044), Dec 6, 2003: Socata TBM 700 (N700QD), Reading, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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…

## Other reports on N700QD (1)

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

- [Incident 20030205001699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030205001699I), Feb 5, 2003: Socata TBM700 (N700QD), Charleston, SC, Minor damage. (-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…

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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