# Accident 20111012022679A: Socata TBM 700, Hollywood, FL, October 12, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2011, 13:34 local time
- Place: Hollywood, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9972° N, 80.2219° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9972&lon=-80.2219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37SV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37SV-2022-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TBM 700 (registry code 8682000, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tbm-700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A66D (registry code 52281, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a66d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TBM 700
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A66D
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,880 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111012022679A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA12FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA023), Oct 12, 2011: Socata TBM 700 (N37SV), Hollywood, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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…

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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