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FAA accident report · Socata TBM 700 · Hollywood, FL · October 12, 2011

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Date
October 12, 2011 · 13:34 local
Place
Hollywood, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N37SV
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA12FA023
Reported as
Socata TBM 700
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A66D
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
10,880 total4,000 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days
N37SVRegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2022 · Socata TBM 700S/N 441 · Built 2008Airframe modelSocata TBM 700Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A66DTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

During maintenance right wing was defueled of an undetermined amount of fuel so wing fuel panels could be resealed due to leaking. After repair approximately 50 gals was pumped back into right wing, for leak check purposes. Rather than filling the wing. Post maintenance engine runs were peerformed then using fuel gauges to determine quanitiy needed for the flight only left wing was filled to even out the fuel gauges. After taking off at approximately 12:00 local for maintneance test flight. During which the fuel imbalance caution light came on three times. The engine failed. Airman checked fuel gauges which showed right wing had approximately 15 more gallons then the left. Airman selected the right tank and attempted a restart. Restart failed and manual override control was used resulting in 15 seconds of power then failure again due to fuel exhaustion. Airman then proceeded to make an emergency landing, on the highway decided to retract gear to limit forward movment into traffic, but right main failed to retract. During 90 degree left turn into the heavy wing aircraft stalled.

As the FAA filed it

DURING MAINTENANCE RIGHT WING WAS DEFUELED OF AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF FUEL SO WING FUEL PANELS COULD BE RESEALED DUE TO LEAKING. AFTER REPAIR APPROXIMATELY 50 GALS WAS PUMPED BACK INTO RIGHT WING, FOR LEAK CHECK PURPOSES. RATHER THAN FILLING THE WING. POST MAINTENANCE ENGINE RUNS WERE PEERFORMED THEN USING FUEL GAUGES TO DETERMINE QUANITIY NEEDED FOR THE FLIGHT ONLY LEFT WING WAS FILLED TO EVEN OUT THE FUEL GAUGES. AFTER TAKING OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 LOCAL FOR MAINTNEANCE TEST FLIGHT. DURING WHICH THE FUEL IMBALANCE CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON THREE TIMES. THE ENGINE FAILED. AIRMAN CHECKED FUEL GAUGES WHICH SHOWED RIGHT WING HAD APPROXIMATELY 15 MORE GALLONS THEN THE LEFT. AIRMAN SELECTED THE RIGHT TANK AND ATTEMPTED A RESTART. RESTART FAILED AND MANUAL OVERRIDE CONTROL WAS USED RESULTING IN 15 SECONDS OF POWER THEN FAILURE AGAIN DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. AIRMAN THEN PROCEEDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING, ON THE HIGHWAY DECIDED TO RETRACT GEAR TO LIMIT FORWARD MOVMENT INTO TRAFFIC, BUT RIGHT MAIN FAILED TO RETRACT. DURING 90 DEGREE LEFT TURN INTO THE HEAVY WING AIRCRAFT STALLED.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB ERA12FA023Accident · Minor injuriesField investigationFinal reportHollywood, FLThe pilot’s failure to terminate the flight after observing multiple conflicting errors associated with the inaccurate right fuel quantity indication. Contributing to the accident were the total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation from the right tank,…Oct 12, 2011 · Substantial damage