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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Socata TBM 700 · Ridgeway, CO · March 22, 2014

Date: March 22, 2014 · 19:49 local
Place: Ridgeway, CO
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N702H
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN14FA167
Reported as: Socata TBM 700
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 5
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 900 total35 in this make and model

N702HRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2018 · Socata TBM 700S/N 112 · Built 1996 Airframe modelSocata TBM 700 Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

Pilot was cleared for the RNAV GPS rwy 35 montrose, CO yarub transition and cleared to decent 16500.

Pilot reported "in a spin trying to get out of it".

Witness reported the aircraft spinning counter-clockwise out of the bottom of the clouds in a north to south direction before it vanished behind a ridge line, where it inpacted the water and sunk.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR THE RNAV GPS RWY 35 MONTROSE, CO YARUB TRANSITION AND CLEARED TO DECENT 16500.

PILOT REPORTED "IN A SPIN TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT".

WITNESS REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT SPINNING COUNTER-CLOCKWISE OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE CLOUDS IN A NORTH TO SOUTH DIRECTION BEFORE IT VANISHED BEHIND A RIDGE LINE, WHERE IT INPACTED THE WATER AND SUNK.

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 CEN14FA167Accident · 5 fatalField investigationFinal reportRidgway, COThe pilot's loss of airplane control during an instrument approach procedure, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and entering an inadvertent aerodynamic stall and spin.Mar 22, 2014 · Substantial damage