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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Socata TBM 700 · Sellersburg, IN · May 26, 2011

Date
May 26, 2011 · 13:10 local
Place
Sellersburg, IN
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N700GE
Reported as
Socata TBM 700
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,847 total96 in this make and model30 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.

The pilot attempted a takeoff in an improper configuration resulting in a runway excursion and collapse of the left main landing gear. Investigation found the pitch trim adjusted to an extreme nose-up position.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A TAKEOFF IN AN IMPROPER CONFIGURATION RESULTING IN A RUNWAY EXCURSION AND COLLAPSE OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE PITCH TRIM ADJUSTED TO AN EXTREME NOSE-UP POSITION.