# Accident 20110905019549A: Socata TBM 700, Racine, WI, September 5, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2011, 18:30 local time
- Place: Racine, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7403° N, 87.8722° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7403&lon=-87.8722&mi=10
- Aircraft: N850SY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N850SY-2013-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TBM 700 (registry code 8682000, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tbm-700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 series (registry code 52118, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-66-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TBM 700
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,076 total, 179 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11FA625](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA625) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110905019549A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 1823 CST, A SOCATA TBM 850, REGISTRATION NUMBER N850SY, WAS ENROUTE FROM CWA TO UGN WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED TO MKE ATCT THAT HE WAS HAVING A FUEL PRESSURE PROBLEM WITH HIS AIRCRAFT, BUT WOULD CONTINUE TO UGN; THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTH OF MWC AT THIS TIME. AFTER SEVERAL MORE RADIO TRANSMISSIONS TO MKE ATCT, THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS LOSING POWER AND SAID "I THINK I CAN MAKE RACINE HERE". APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES LATER THE PILOT REPORTED TO MKE ATCT "I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA MAKE RACINE" AND THEN "TRY THIS FIELD". THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A FLAT FARM FIELD APPROXIMATELY 2.8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAC. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATED PILOT, AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.

## 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 CEN11FA625](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA625), Sep 5, 2011: Socata TBM 700 (N850SY), Mt. Pleasant, WI, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to properly trim the airplane’s rudder during cruise flight, which resulted in a prolonged uncoordinated flight condition, unporting of the fuel tank feed line, and subsequent…

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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