# Accident 20040307034439A: Socata TB20TRINIDAD, Frederick, MD, March 7, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2004, 10:45 local time
- Place: Frederick, MD
- Airport: Frederick Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: LC1S
- Location: 39.4175° N, 77.3742° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4175&lon=-77.3742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N163GT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N163GT-2005-06-17) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 575 total, 400 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040307034439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT EXPERIENCED SOME TYPE OF ENGINE POWER LOSS IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKE-OFF. THE PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 450 FT. WEST OF THE END OF RUNWAY 30. (FIELD IS JUST BEHIND MD STATE POLICE HANGAR). THERE WAS SOME FUEL EVIDENT IN THE FUEL TANKS. FUEL SUPPLY LINE TO THE FUEL SERVO WAS PULLED OUT OF THE SERVO DUE TO IMPACT. THERE WAS ALUMINUM IN THE THREADS OF THE FITTING. THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT RETRACTED, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND AND THE RIGHT WING WAS TWISTED UPSIDE DOWN, DUE TO THE GEAR DIGGING INTO THE SOFT GROUND. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER HAD HEAD INJURIES AND BOTH WERE FLOWN TO MD SHOCK TRAUMA. (-23 AMENDMENT) THIS REPORT IS AMENDED DUE TO THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE INJURIES OF THE 2 OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ SUFFERED A CONCUSSION AND A FRACTURED SPINAL VERTEBRAE AND WAS IN A BACK BRACE. HE STILL SUFFERS FROM ONGOING BACK PAIN AND WEAKNESS IN THE LOWER BACK. ^PRIVACY DATA^ INJURIES WERE: HEAD TRAUMA, FOUR-VESSEL TRAUMA TO THE VERTEBRAE AND CAROTID SYSTEM, PUNCTURED RIGHT LUNG, MULTIPLE FRACTURED RIBS, BROKEN RIGHT CL                                                                         AVICLE, FRACTURED STERNUM, BURST FRACTURE OF L1 VETEBRAE AND LACERATIONS WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES. ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS IN A BACK BRACE FOR A FEW MONTHS. AT THIS TIME SHE IS STILL VERY WEAK AND HAS MANY MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS. ^PRIVACY DATA^ PHYSICIANS ARE UNABLE TO PREDICT WHEN SHE MAY RETURN TO WORK. ADDITONAL INFORMATION IS ON FILE IN THIS OFFICE UNDER THE NTSB ACCIDENT REPORT NUMBER.

## 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 NYC04LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA082), Mar 7, 2004: Socata TB-20 (N163GT), Frederick, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: Total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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