# Accident 20091213022449A: Socata TBM700, Truckee, CA, December 13, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2009, 17:38 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3200° N, 120.1394° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3200&lon=-120.1394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N850MT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N850MT-2014-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: EADS Socata TBM 700 (registry code 8682004, https://openairdocs.org/model/eads-socata-tbm-700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TBM700
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,738 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091213022449A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS CONDUCTING THE GPS 19 INSTRUMENT APPROACH.  DURING THE APPROACH, HE WAS "IN AND OUT OF CLOUDS".  UPON BREAKING OUT OF THE CLOUDS, HE ESTABLISHED THE RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT FOR RUNWAY 19 AND NOTED THAT IS WAS CLOSED (KNEW ABOUT IT PREVIOUSLY) AND OBSERVED THE LANDING AREA FOR RUNWAY 28 ENCASED WITH FOG.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DECIED TO INITIATE AN INTERSECTION LANDING ON 28.  THE AIRPLANE WAS "TOO HIGH AND FAST" AND THE PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE "FORGOT" TO POWER UP AND HEARD A HORN (LATER HE REALIZED IT WAS THE STALL HORN).  THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE GO-AROUND AND THE AIRPLANE LANDED IN A SNOW COVERED FILED.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO PREEXISTING MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WITH THE ENGINE OF AIRFRAME.

## 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 WPR10LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA082), Dec 14, 2009: EADS Socata TBM 700 (N850MT), Truckee, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate airspeed and clearance from terrain during an attempted go-around. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to land on a partially obscured…

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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