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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Socata TBM 700 · Gaithersburg, MD · March 1, 2010

Date
March 1, 2010 · 17:30 local
Place
Gaithersburg, MD
Airport
Montgomery Air Park
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N700ZR
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA10CA155
Reported as
Socata TBM 700
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A-64
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
4,215 total1,240 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On March 01, 2010, between 17:15 and 17:30, aircraft N700ZR was piloted by privacy data omitted was landing at gai. privacy data omitted Was landing on runway 32, lost control of the airplane and crashed off the left side of the runway. The aircraft was destroyed, but privacy data omitted was not seriously and refused any medical tratment from fire rescue personnel. This was the first time that privacy data omitted had come into gai.privacy data omitted Is an eyewitness to the accident. He stated that N700ZR made local traffic communication at about 12 miles out stating that he was coming in fast to make a left downwind traffic entry to land on rwy 32. All traffic was in a right down wind pattern. privacy data omitted Was on final behind privacy data omitted as N700ZR was crossing the runway threshold. He noticed that N700ZR was lined up on the runway centre line , then soon after N700ZR crossed the threshold, the aircraft flared. privacy data omitted Also noticed that the aircraft mushy and wobbled, the nose was too high and the left wing down, like a stall. The aircraft drifted to the left until the left wing made contact with the ground. The aircraft then cartwheeled into the trees.

As the FAA filed it

ON MARCH 01, 2010, BETWEEN 17:15 AND 17:30, AIRCRAFT N700ZR WAS PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS LANDING AT GAI. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 32, LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND CRASHED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, BUT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS NOT SERIOUSLY AND REFUSED ANY MEDICAL TRATMENT FROM FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD COME INTO GAI.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS AN EYEWITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT. HE STATED THAT N700ZR MADE LOCAL TRAFFIC COMMUNICATION AT ABOUT 12 MILES OUT STATING THAT HE WAS COMING IN FAST TO MAKE A LEFT DOWNWIND TRAFFIC ENTRY TO LAND ON RWY 32. ALL TRAFFIC WAS IN A RIGHT DOWN WIND PATTERN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON FINAL BEHIND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AS N700ZR WAS CROSSING THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. HE NOTICED THAT N700ZR WAS LINED UP ON THE RUNWAY CENTRE LINE , THEN SOON AFTER N700ZR CROSSED THE THRESHOLD, THE AIRCRAFT FLARED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALSO NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT MUSHY AND WOBBLED, THE NOSE WAS TOO HIGH AND THE LEFT WING DOWN, LIKE A STALL. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT UNTIL THE LEFT WING MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CARTWHEELED INTO THE TREES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.