# Accident 20201217020439A: Socata TB 10, Pembroke Pines, FL, December 17, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2020, 16:37 local time
- Place: Pembroke Pines, FL
- Airport: North Perry
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9947° N, 80.2566° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9947&lon=-80.2566&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5547Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5547Y-2022-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB 10 (registry code 8680696, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB 10
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 236 total, 36 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201217020439A

## Narrative

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

PART 91 OPERATOR, OPERATING 1991 SOCATA, TB-10-10 AIRCRAFT N5547Y, SERIAL NUMBER 1246 DEPARTED HOLLYWOOD NORTH PERRY AIRPORT (HWO) FROM RUNWAY 28L, SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED INTO A WOODED PARK AREA LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE WEST OF THE AIRPORT IMPACTING A TREE, SEVERING PORTIONS OF THE LEFT OUTBOARD WING AREA AND LEFT AILERON RUPTURING THE LEFT WING FUEL TANK BEFORE IMPACTING THE GROUND AND LIMBS OF A SECOND TREE COMING TO REST UPRIGHT ON A SEGMENT OF FENCING AND CATCHING FIRE APPROXIMATELY TWENTY (20) FEET FROM THE WEST BOUND TRAFFIC LANES OF THE ROADWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OCCUPIED BY FOUR INDIVIDUALS, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) AND THREE PASSENGERS, THE OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO MEDICAL FACILITIES. ON  01/16/2021, ONE PASSENGER LATER DIED FROM THE SERIOUS INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE INITIAL CRASH. PASSENGER WAS ADMITTED WITH FIRST DEGREE BURNS. .HOSPITAL REPORTED CARDIO PULMONARY ARREST.

## 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 ERA21LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA080), Dec 17, 2020: Socata TB10 (N5547Y), Pembroke Pines, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to use carburetor heat in environmental conditions favorable for serious carburetor ice during a prolonged wait with the engine at a low power setting before takeoff, which…

## Other reports on N5547Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19861101087179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861101087179I), Nov 1, 1986: Cessna T210N (N5547Y), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. The landing gear collapsed immediately after touchdown. Operational check of gear and releated systems satisfactory

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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