35.5999° N, 88.9156° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport (MKL), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
February 23, 2019 · 11:22 local
Place
Jackson, TN
Airport
Mc Kellar-Sipes Regional
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N897TF
Reported as
Socata TBM 700
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A66D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
N897YF, a TBM9 daparted from pah in route to hou. While at level flight the pilot encountered severed turbulence and initiated a rapid descent. The pilot appeared unresponsive due to clipped responses to ATC instructions until reaching approximately 7K feet, at which timr ATC directed him to mkl airport.
As the FAA filed it
N897YF, A TBM9 DAPARTED FROM PAH IN ROUTE TO HOU. WHILE AT LEVEL FLIGHT THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED SEVERED TURBULENCE AND INITIATED A RAPID DESCENT. THE PILOT APPEARED UNRESPONSIVE DUE TO CLIPPED RESPONSES TO ATC INSTRUCTIONS UNTIL REACHING APPROXIMATELY 7K FEET, AT WHICH TIMR ATC DIRECTED HIM TO MKL AIRPORT.