# Accident 20140322004069A: Socata TBM 700, Ridgeway, CO, March 22, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2014, 19:49 local time
- Place: Ridgeway, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2181° N, 107.7453° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2181&lon=-107.7453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N702H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N702H-2018-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TBM 700 (registry code 8682000, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tbm-700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TBM 700
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 35 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14FA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA167) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140322004069A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN14FA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA167), Mar 22, 2014: Socata TBM 700 (N702H), Ridgway, CO, substantial damage, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The 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…

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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