# Accident 20171105018299A: Socata TBM 700, Las Vegas, NM, November 5, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2017, 11:30 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NM
- Airport: Las Vegas Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6544° N, 105.1425° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6544&lon=-105.1425&mi=10
- Aircraft: N893CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N893CA-2018-01-08) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,850 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171105018299A

## Narrative

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

ON 05 NOVEMBER 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A SOCATA TBM-700 AIRPLANE, N893CA, SERIAL NUMBER 393, ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 20 AT THE LAS VEGAS, NM, AIRPORT (KLVS). FOLLOWING AN APPARENT LOSS OF CONTROL DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ON AN ADJACENT TAXIWAY AND BROKE IN HALF, DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO OSO RIO, LLC, AND OPERATED AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE

ACCIDENT, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING

FROM KDWH AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND WAS DESTINED FOR THE LAS VEGAS, NM, AIRPORT, KLVS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE CERTIFICATED

PRIVATE PILOT AND SINGLE PASSENGER DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES.

## 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 GAA18CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA036), Nov 5, 2017: Socata TBM 850 (N893CA), Las Vegas, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate compensation for gusting crosswind conditions during the go-around.

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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