# Accident 20200822009099A: Socata TB200, Simsbury, CT, August 22, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2020, 13:50 local time
- Place: Simsbury, CT
- Airport: Simsbury
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9158° N, 72.7767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9158&lon=-72.7767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N156BB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N156BB-2022-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB200 (registry code 8680750, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 282 total, 39 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA294) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200822009099A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 22, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 1338 PM, N156BB, A 1992 SOCATA TB200, S/N 1375, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT RESULTING FROM AN ABORTED TAKE-OFF FROM RUNWAY 3 AT SIMSBURY AIRPORT, CT (4B9). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAKING OFF DURING GUSTY WINDS AND WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT DURING  TAKE-OFF FROM RUNWAY 3. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ACROSS THE GRASS AND IMPACTED TWO TREES AND SOME BRUSH, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.

## 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 ERA20CA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA294), Aug 22, 2020: Socata TB200 (N156BB), Simsbury, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: A runway excursion following an aborted takeoff in tailwind conditions.

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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