20070706010319A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD · Groesbeck, TX · July 6, 2007

Date
July 6, 2007 · 11:43 local
Place
Groesbeck, TX
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2801W
NTSB investigation
NTSBDFW07FA149
Reported as
Socata TB20TRINIDAD
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
456 total35 in this make and model58 in the last 90 days

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) On 6 July, 2007, at 1146 CST, trinidad aircraft, registration number N2801W, owned by southwood partners, privacy data omitted, descended from 5,000 feet cruise flight and crashed into a wooded area southwest of Groesbeck, Texas, while on a personal flight. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and the aircraft was operating under an IFR clearance. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot sustained fatal injuries. The pilot held a commercial pilot certificate, airplane single engine land with instrument rating. The flight originated from kact on 07/06/2007 at 1123 CST. There was no post crash fire.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 6 JULY, 2007, AT 1146 CST, TRINIDAD AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION NUMBER N2801W, OWNED BY SOUTHWOOD PARTNERS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DESCENDED FROM 5,000 FEET CRUISE FLIGHT AND CRASHED INTO A WOODED AREA SOUTHWEST OF GROESBECK, TEXAS, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING UNDER AN IFR CLEARANCE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE PILOT HELD A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE, AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND WITH INSTRUMENT RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KACT ON 07/06/2007 AT 1123 CST. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.

NTSB investigation

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