# Accident 20100301029749A: Socata TBM 700, Gaithersburg, MD, March 1, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2010, 17:30 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery Air Park
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1683° N, 77.1661° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1683&lon=-77.1661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700ZR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N700ZR-2017-02-21) (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-64
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,215 total, 1,240 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100301029749A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA10CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA155), Mar 1, 2010: Socata TBM 700 (N700ZR), Gaithersburg, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control while performing a go-around.

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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