20191021020329I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Socata TBM 700 · Fresno, CA · October 21, 2019

Date
October 21, 2019 · 08:43 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N852AM
Reported as
Socata TBM 700
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A66D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
23,500 total300 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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.

On site investigation revealed that all 5 composite prop blades were nicely shortened about one inch by contact with the runway surface. No damage to the nose tire, wheel or landing gear were noted, and no markings on the nose tire were noted, indicating no hard landing overload had occurred. All aircraft maintenance inspections were current. No passengers were on board, just the PIC.

As the FAA filed it

ON SITE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ALL 5 COMPOSITE PROP BLADES WERE NICELY SHORTENED ABOUT ONE INCH BY CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE. NO DAMAGE TO THE NOSE TIRE, WHEEL OR LANDING GEAR WERE NOTED, AND NO MARKINGS ON THE NOSE TIRE WERE NOTED, INDICATING NO HARD LANDING OVERLOAD HAD OCCURRED. ALL AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS WERE CURRENT. NO PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD, JUST THE PIC.