# Accident 20080903850379A: Socata TB20TRINIDAD, Cassville, WI, September 3, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2008, 15:53 local time
- Place: Cassville, WI
- Airport: Cassville Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7806° N, 90.6811° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7806&lon=-90.6811&mi=10
- Aircraft: N597TB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N597TB-2008-10-07) (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: 250 total, 40 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA272) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080903850379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING APPROACH TO CASSVILLE AIRPORT AN EYEWITNESS REPORTED HE SAW THE PASSENGER DOOR OPEN IN FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED RIGHT WING DOWN 90 DEGREES.  THE WITNESS STATED THE AIRCRAFT RECOVERED WITH WINGS ALMOST LEVEL JUST BEFORE IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID ACROSS THE PARKING LOT OF THE EAGLE ROOST RESORT AND COLLIDED WITH TWO CABINS LOCATED ON THE RESORT.  THE AIRCRAFT BURST INTO FLAMES COMPLETELY DESTROYING THE BUILDINGS AND THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER WERE BOTH ON FIRE AND EXITED THE BURNING AIRCRAFT.  THE WITNESS AND HIS FRIEND WERE ABLE TO EXTINGUSH THE FLAMES OF THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER.  THE PASSENGER DIED TWO DAYS LATER AS RESULT OF THE BURNS.  THE PILOT IS IN RECOVERY AS RESULT OF HIS BURNS AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE INTERVIEWED AS OF THIS DATE.

## 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 CHI08LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA272), Sep 3, 2008: Socata TB-20 Trinidad (N597TB), Cassville, WI, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The left seat pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a go-around and the inadvertent in-flight opening of the cabin door for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was…

## Other reports on N597TB (1)

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

- [Incident 20070822825859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070822825859I), Aug 22, 2007: Socata TB20TRINIDAD (N597TB), Savanna, IL, Minor damage. (-23) Landing on runway 13 doing simulated engine failure, pilot claims that she touched down slightly harder than normal, then the gear collapsed. 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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