# Accident 20200705010919A: Socata TB 10, Easton, PA, July 5, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2020, 17:12 local time
- Place: Easton, PA
- Airport: Braden Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7414° N, 75.2425° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7414&lon=-75.2425&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N106G-2021-12-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB 10 (registry code 8680696, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB 10
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA238) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200705010919A

## Narrative

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

N106G IS A SOCATA TB10. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED 58M, CLAREMONT AIRPORT IN ELKTON MARYLAND ON A PERSONAL VFR FLIGHT TO N43 AT 2030Z, ARRIVING AT N43 BRADEN AIRPARK EASTON PA AT 2112Z. VMC PREVAILED THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT AND ARRIVAL.

WEATHER AT NEAREST REPORTING AIRPORTS:

KXLL 052115Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM CLR 33/12 A2994

KABE 052151Z 27004KT 10SM CLR 33/12 A2992 RMK AO2

DURING INTERVIEW PILOT STATED THAT HE APPROACHED RUNWAY 36 STRAIGHT IN ON AN APPROXIMATELY 4 MILE FINAL. HE STATED THE ?DENSITY ALTITUDE MUST HAVE BEEN HIGHER THAN I EXPECTED, IT JUST SANK EARLY AND HIT THE RUNWAY LIP?. HE THEN TAXIED TO HIS TIEDOWN SPOT ON THE AIRPORT, NOTING RESTRICTED RUDDER PEDAL MOTION. UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT PILOTS PASSENGER NOTED WING DEFORMATION. PILOT STATED THAT WEATHER AND WINDS WERE NOT FACTORS, AND THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS OR MALFUNCTIONS IN THE AIRCRAFT OR ENGINE, HE JUST LANDED SHORT AND STRUCK THE RUNWAY LIP WITH THE MAIN GEAR. PILOT STATED THAT HE USUALLY COMPLETES THE APPROACH TO THIS RUNWAY AT ABOUT 65K AT THE NUMBERS, AND TRIES TO LAND AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE TO MINIMIZE TAXI TIME TO HIS TIEDOWN. SPOT.

## 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 ERA20CA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA238), Jul 5, 2020: Socata TB 10 (N106G), Easton, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path, which resulted in landing short of the runway, the airplane’s landing gear contacting the runway lip, and substantial damage to the airplane’s…

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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