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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Socata TBM 700 · Bullhead City, AZ · February 19, 2022

Date: February 19, 2022 · 13:00 local
Place: Bullhead City, AZ
Airport: Laughlin Int.
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N902TM
Reported as: Socata TBM 700
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A66D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,225 total882 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N902TMRegistered now · Socata TBM 700S/N 1103 · Built 2015 Airframe modelSocata TBM 700 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A66DTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Part 91 personal flight from fullerton, CA. To Laughlin airport pilotprivacy data omitted and one passenger.

During landing at 1300 local time, pilot states that winds were gusty and turbulent causing the nose to pitch down before he could correct and the propellor struck the runway.

Pilot taxied off the runway and notified the tower of the prop strike. No injuries reported. No damage visible except to the propellor.

As the FAA filed it

PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT FROM FULLERTON, CA. TO LAUGHLIN AIRPORT PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ONE PASSENGER.

DURING LANDING AT 1300 LOCAL TIME, PILOT STATES THAT WINDS WERE GUSTY AND TURBULENT CAUSING THE NOSE TO PITCH DOWN BEFORE HE COULD CORRECT AND THE PROPELLOR STRUCK THE RUNWAY.

PILOT TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY AND NOTIFIED THE TOWER OF THE PROP STRIKE. NO INJURIES REPORTED. NO DAMAGE VISIBLE EXCEPT TO THE PROPELLOR.