# Accident 20141005020989A: Socata TBM 700, Peachtree City, GA, October 5, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2014, 12:50 local time
- Place: Peachtree City, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3419° N, 84.5192° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3419&lon=-84.5192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N536EM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N536EM-2018-03-16) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,244 total, 411 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141005020989A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ON IFR FROM KDPK TO KPIM AT APPROXIMATELY 1245 LOCAL TIME ON 10/05/2014. HE CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE OF 6000 FEET. HE RECEIVED A LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATION FOLLOWED BY NO ENGINE POWER. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO ATC AND WAS VECTORED TO KFFC. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE AIRFIELD AND CRASHED ON A PRACTICE FIELD AT STARRS MILL HIGH SCHOOL IN PEACHTREE CITY, GA. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANIAL DAMAGE. PIC AND PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND WERE TAKEN TO ATLANTA MEDICAL BY AMBULANCE.

## 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 ERA15LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA006), Oct 5, 2014: Socata TBM 700 (N536EM), Fayetteville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent deactivation of the yaw damper in flight, which resulted in a prolonged side-slip condition that led to fuel starvation and the eventual total loss of engine power.…

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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