# Incident 20160520005899I: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD, Fort Meade, MD, May 20, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2016, 21:00 local time
- Place: Fort Meade, MD
- Airport: Tipton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1057° N, 76.7433° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Meade, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1057&lon=-76.7433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N706TB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N706TB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB-20 TRINIDAD
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,415 total, 1,720 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160520005899I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED AT KFME TIPTON AIRPORT. LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

NO INJURIES INVOLVED.

WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR: METAR KFME 210054Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/09 A3020 RMK AO1

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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