# Accident 20090829048699A: Socata TBM 700, Ann Arbor, MI, August 29, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2009, 16:00 local time
- Place: Ann Arbor, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2000° N, 83.7333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2000&lon=-83.7333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N715V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N715V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TBM 700 (registry code 8682000, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tbm-700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TBM 700
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,233 total, 458 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA554](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA554) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090829048699A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO PICK UP HIS WIFE AND CHILD IN ANN ARBOR (KARB). HE KEEPS THE AIRCRAFT AT THE WILLOW RUN AIRPORT (KYIP) AND WAS PLANNING ON FLYING VFR FROM KYIP TO KARB (THE MISHAP AIRPORT) THEN PICK UP AN IFR CLEARANCE TO CHARLEVOIX (KCVX).  HE INDICATED HE HAD CHECKED THE NOAA WEATHER ON-LINE THEN CALLED THE ASOS PHONE NUMBER FOR KARB.  HE SAID THE CLOUDS WERE SCATTERED AND THE REPORTED WINDS WERE 290 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS.  THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL HE WAS ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24 AT KARB.  HE WAS ON THE VASI GLIDEPATH AND WAS HOLDING ABOUT A 15 DEGREE CRAB INTO THE WIND.  HE COULD FEEL THE GUSTS BUFFET THE AIRCRAFT AND HEAR THE ENGINE/PROP SOUNDS CHANGE.  HE RECALLS THE TOWER GIVING HIM 3 DIFFERENT WIND CALLS ON FINAL, VARYING IN DIRECTION FROM 260 TO 300.  COMING NEAR THE THRESHOLD, HE RECALLS TAKING OUT THE CRAB AND ALIGNING THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRSPEED BEING 90 KNOTS THEN 85 KNOTS JUST BEFORE THE RIGHT MAIN MOUNT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY.  HE BELIEVES THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET IN THE AIR WHEN IT STOPPED FLYING AND DROPPED ONTO THE RUNWAY.  HE SAID THE TOWER CONTROLLER TOLD HIM IT LOOKED LIKE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM HIS RIGHT WING, SO HE IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT.  WHEN HE SAW THAT THERE WAS NO FIRE HE REQUESTED A TOW TO THE RAMP.   ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FEELS THAT HE WAS CAUGHT IN A METROLOGICAL EVENT THAT CAUSED HIS AIRCRAFT TO LOOSE LIFT AND IMPACT THE RUNWAY.  I SPOKE WITH THE KARB TOWER, AND THE WIND WAS REPORTED AS COMING FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 18 KNOTS, GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS.  THE DAMAGE TO THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATEMENT.  THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS WERE PROPERLY POSITIONED AND THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED NO OTHER OBVIOUS DAMAGE OTHER THAN THAT CAUSED BY THE HARD LANDING ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR.  THE SMOKE THAT THE TOWER REPORTEDLY SAW WAS LIKELY FUEL THAT WAS COMING OUT OF THE RUPTURED FUEL TANK IN THE RIGHT WING THAT WAS BEING BLOW BY THE PROPELLER BLAST.  UPON FURTHER INVESTAGATION, RIGHT WING SPAR IS BENT

## 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 CEN09CA554](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA554), Aug 29, 2009: Socata TBM 700 (N715V), Ann Arbor, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's hard landing during gusty wind conditions.

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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