# Accident 20070706010319A: Socata TB20TRINIDAD, Groesbeck, TX, July 6, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2007, 11:43 local time
- Place: Groesbeck, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4750° N, 96.6436° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4750&lon=-96.6436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2801W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2801W-2008-08-29) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 456 total, 35 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07FA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07FA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070706010319A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 DFW07FA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07FA149), Jul 6, 2007: Socata TB-20 (N2801W), Groesbeck, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control due to spatial disorientation. Contributing factors were the pilot's perceived need to fly to home station and his lack of flight experience in actual instrument…

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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