# Accident 20090307004179A: Grumav TBM3EAIRTRD, Millville, NJ, March 7, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2009, 16:45 local time
- Place: Millville, NJ
- Airport: Millville Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3672° N, 75.0700° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3672&lon=-75.0700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N188TD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N188TD-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman TBM-3 (registry code 3950308, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-tbm-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-2600 series (registry code 67050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-2600-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV TBM3EAIRTRD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA191) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090307004179A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON MARCH 7, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:45 PM A TBM, NL188TD, DEPARTED RUNWAY 14 AT THE MILLVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (MIV) FOR A TEST FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT PREVIOUSLY HAD THE CARBURETOR OVERHAULED AND REATTACHED.  THERE WERE SEVERAL "RUNUPS" CONDUCTED WITH NO PROBLEMS.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN TAXIED TO RUNWAY 14 FOR DEPARTURE.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  AS IT WAS CLIMBING SEVERAL EYEWITNESSES OBSERVED SMOKE, DARK IN COLOR, STARTED TO DEVELOP FROM THE ENGINE COWL (LOWER RIGHT SIDE).  SHORTLY THEREAFTER, FLAMES COULD BE SEEN FROM THE COWLING.  THE AIRCRAFT, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THEN MADE AN IMMEDIATE TURN TO RUNWAY 28 FOR LANDING.  ON FINAL, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A SMALL TREE AND SPLIT IT VERTICALLY.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ITS FLIGHT PATH TOWARDS RUNWAY 28, DROPPING METAL PARTS AND POSSIBLE FUEL.  A BRUSH FIRE DEVELOPED ALONG PART OF THE AIRCRAFTS FLIGHT PATH.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE GRASS SHORT OF THE RUNWAY IT CONTINUED PARALLELING THE RUNWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 1100 FEET.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN ROLLED ONTO THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED FOR 1248 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES, THE PILOT HAD BAILED OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED ONTO THE RUNWAY. (CONT'D). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS AND HAS SMOKE INHALATION.  HE IS PRESENTLY INDUCED IN A COMA AND ON VENTILATION.

## 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 ERA09LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA191), Mar 7, 2009: Grumman TBM-3 (N188TD), Millville, NJ, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot/mechanic’s failure to properly torque the fuel pressure line B-nut to the carburetor fitting.

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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