# Incident 20170712014081I: Socata TBM 700, San Diego, CA, July 12, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2017, 14:08 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N950AX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N950AX) (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: SOCATA TBM 700
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A66D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,748 total, 1,198 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170712014081I

## Narrative

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

THE TBM 700 PILOT TAXIED FOR TAKEOFF FROM GIBBS FLYING SERVICE FBO PARKING RAMP. THE TBM WAS PARKED AT THE WEST END OF THE RAMP AND TAXIED OUT BETWEEN ROWS 5 AND 6 TOWARDS THE EAST END OF THE RAMP. UPON REACHING THE EAST END THE TBM MADE A 90 DEGREE LEFT TURN ONTO TAXIWAY JULIET. WHILE TURNING, THE TBM LEFT WINGLET CONTACTED THE RUDDER OF A PARKED, UNOCCUPIED BEECH A36, N6056Q. THE TBM SUFFERED A BROKEN STATIC WICK AT THE TIP OF THE WINGLET AND A FEW SCUFF MARKS ON THE WINGLET. THE A36 SUFFERED DENTS ALONG 50% OF ITS AREA.

## Other reports on N950AX (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20190421003219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190421003219I), Apr 21, 2019: Socata TBM 700 (N950AX), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. N950AX was on final to tus. No significant events happened prior to approach. Gear was down and aircraft had hard landing in which the aircraft reentered…

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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