# Incident 20160916018649I: Socota TBM-700, Johnstown, PA, September 16, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2016, 16:22 local time
- Place: Johnstown, PA
- Airport: John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3156° N, 78.8347° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN MURTHA JOHNSTOWN/CAMBRIA COUNTY (JST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3156&lon=-78.8347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N940KD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N940KD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TBM 700 (registry code 8682000, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tbm-700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A66D (registry code 52069, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a66d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCOTA TBM-700
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A66D
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,342 total, 1,073 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160916018649I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2016, AIRCRAFT N940KD BOUNCED WHEN LANDING ON RUNWAY 15 AT JOHN MURTHA JOHNSTOWN-CAMBRIA COUNTY AIRPORT (JST) DAMAGING THE FIVE BLADED COMPOSITE PROPELLER.  THE PILOT STATED HE LANDED TOO FAST AND PULLED POWER BACK TO FLIGHT IDLE AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT SPOOL UP QUICK ENOUGH TO DO A GO AROUND.  PIC MAINTAINED CONTROL AND TAXIED FROM THE RUNWAY AND COMPLETED A NORMAL SHUTDOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE WERE INSPECTED BY COLUMBIA AIR SERVICE, 175 TOWER AVENUE, GROTON, CT 06034.  THEY REPLACED THE PROPELLER AND INSPECTED THE ENGINE ACCORDING TO PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA?S MAINTENANCE MANUAL PART NUMBER 3070902 (72-00-00) AND DAA2016-565-PT6A-66D-RV0448.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT WAS ISSUED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT TO COLUMBIA AIR SERVICE FOR FURTHER INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE.

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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