# Incident 20181103021439I: Socata TBM 700, Las Cruces, NM, November 3, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2018, 20:15 local time
- Place: Las Cruces, NM
- Airport: Las Cruces International Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2894° N, 106.9220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAS CRUCES INTL (LRU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2894&lon=-106.9220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N751CM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N751CM-2021-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TBM 700 (registry code 8682000, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tbm-700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-64 (registry code 52070, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-64) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TBM 700
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-64
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181103021439I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 03, 2018, AT 2015 MDT, A SOCATA TBM700, N751CM, REGISTERED TO ALTO VUELO LLC LANDED AT THE ALBUQUERQUE, NM SUNPORT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KABQ). POSTFLIGHT EXAMINATION DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN DAMAGED PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. THE DAMAGE OCCURRED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HIT MULTIPLE TAXIWAY LIGHTS DURING THE TAXI FROM AN FBO RAMP TO THE TAKEOFF RUNWAY AT THE LAS CRUCES, NM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLRU). THE PILOT THEN CONTINUED THE FLIGHT WITHOUT ASSESSING THE DAMAGE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER THE PIC OR PASSENGERS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KLRU ON NOVEMBER 03, 2018, AT 1915 MDT, AND TERMINATED AT THE ALBUQUERQUE, NM SUNPORT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KABQ) AT 2015 MDT.

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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