# Incident 20121212028599I: Socata TBM 700, Alcoa, TN, December 12, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2012, 09:25 local time
- Place: Alcoa, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8159° N, 83.9676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alcoa, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8159&lon=-83.9676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N194CS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TBM 700
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 2,144 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121212028599I

## Narrative

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

THE INCIDENT FLIGHT DEPARTED RICHMOND, VIRGINIA (OFP) EN ROUTE TO KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE (TYS) AT APPROXIMATELY 1230Z.  UPON CONTACT WITH KNOXVILLE APPROACH, THE PILOT WAS VECTORED FOR A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 05R.  THE PILOT ENTERED A LONG RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 05R, AT WHICH TIME HE SET THE FLAPS TO ?TO? (10O).  AFTER TURNING BASE, THE PILOT RECEIVED A LANDING CLEARANCE FOR RUNWAY 05R FROM KNOXVILLE TOWER.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN GEAR-UP APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET PAST THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 05R, SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 1,950 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY, AND CAME TO REST NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 05R AND TAXIWAY A3.  WHILE SKIDDING, THE PILOT SHUT DOWN AND SECURED THE ENGINE BY RETARDING THE CONDITION LEVER TO ?CUTOFF? AND MOVING THE FUEL SELECTOR TO ?OFF.?  THE PILOT INFORMED KNOXVILLE TOWER THAT HE HAD NEGLECTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED GEAR-UP.  AFTER SECURING THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT AND SOLE PASSENGER EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO RUNWAY 05R AND AWAITED THE ARRIVAL OF FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS.

POST-INCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER TO BE IN THE ?UP? POSITION AND THE FLAPS SET TO ?TO.?  NO ANOMALIES WERE DISCOVERED WITH THE LANDING GEAR OR THE LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEM.

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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