# Accident 20100522005659A: Socata TB-20 TRINI, May 22, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2010, 13:30 local time
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7381° N, 123.3911° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7381&lon=-123.3911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3041Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3041Y-2010-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB-20 TRINI
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA259) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100522005659A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ENROUTE VFR FROM KPSP TO KMFR AT 17,500FT. HE WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT FOLLOWING FROM SEA CENTER. DESCENDET FOR ARRIVAL INTO KMFR INTO MARGINAL VFR WEATHER THAT INCLUDED MODERATE PRECIPITATION AND POSSIBLE MODERATE ICING. PILOT RECEIVED HEADINGS AND ALTITUDES FROM SEA CENTER ASSISTING HIM TO NAVIGATE TO KMFR AND MAINTAIN TERRAIN CLEARANCE. PILOT FAILED TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND RADAR AND VOICE CONTACT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY LOST. PARTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE FOUND IN RUGGET TERRAIN BY FIRST RESPONDERS. NO BODY FOUND TO DATE.

## 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 WPR10LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA259), May 22, 2010: Socata TB-20 (N3041Y), Happy Camp, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight planning and decision to continue to operate under visual flight rules into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an encounter with an embedded…

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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