# Accident 20120907023629A: Socata TBM 700, Horseshoebay, TX, September 7, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2012, 15:00 local time
- Place: Horseshoebay, TX
- Airport: Horseshoebay
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6272° N, 98.3586° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6272&lon=-98.3586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N850ZM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N850ZM) (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 CANADA PT6A-66 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 380 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA672](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA672) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120907023629A

## Narrative

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

DURING ROUTINE LANDING PILOT NOTICED UNUSUAL SOUND AS HE WAS LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR. PILOT CHECKED FOR AND CONFIRMED THREE GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHTS THEN CONTINUED WITH THE LANDING. WHEN PILOT FLARED FOR THE LANDING HE NOTICED THE LEFT WING WAS COMING UP. MIDWAY THROUGH THE LANDING ROLL, THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. PILOT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AS SOON AS HE REALIZED THE GEAR HAD COLLAPSED. PILOT AND PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. NO POST CRASH FIRE OR INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS WAS REPORTED.

## 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 CEN12LA672](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA672), Sep 7, 2012: Socata TBM 700 (N850ZM), Horseshoe Bay, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The off-centered right main landing gear ball joint, which resulted in the right main landing gear collapsing during landing.

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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