# Incident 20071111826779I: Socata TBM700, Tucson, AZ, November 11, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2007, 20:30 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N220JM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TBM700
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,370 total, 58 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071111826779I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT GAVE A DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENING'S EVENTS. HE STATED HE RECEIVED MULTIPLE VECTORS ONTO FINAL, INTERCEPTING THE LOCALIZER JUST OUTSIDE THE FINAL APPROACH FIX. IT WAS A CLEAR EVENING AND THE PILOT SAID HE HAD THE RUNWAY IN SIGHT WELL BEFORE BEING CLEARED FOR THE APPROACH. HE STATED THAT BEFORE LOCALIZER INTERCEPT HE WAS STABILIZED AT 178 KIAS, WITH ONE NOTCH OF FLAPS AND THE GEAR DOWN. AFTER CALLING THE AIRPORT IN SIGHT, HE WAS CLEARED FOR THE VISUAL APPROACH ABOVE 5000'. WHEN CLEARED TO LAND HE VERIFIED 3 DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT, INEXPERIENCED WITH NIGHT OPERATIONS (PER HIS OWN ADMISSION), WAS BUSY TRYING TO LINE UP AFTER A BUSY APPROACH. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN GEAR UP, THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS EVACUATED THE AIRPLANE, HAVING RECEIVED NO RESPONSE WHEN TRYING TO CONTACT THE TOWER. APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MIN LATER, THE PILOT CONTACTED A FRIEND WHO THEN CALLED THE TOWER ON THE TELEPHONE TO ADVISE THEM THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD NOT CLEARED THE RUNWAY, AND THAT A 737 WAS ON FINAL. AFTER THE FIRE CREW ARRIVED THE PILOT ASKED THE FIRE CAPTAIN FOR PERMISSION TO RAISE THE PARTIALLY EXTENDED GEAR IN ORDER TO FACILITATE TOWING OF 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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