# Incident 20220219002349I: Socata TBM 700, Bullhead City, AZ, February 19, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2022, 13:00 local time
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport: Laughlin Int.
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1478° N, 114.5683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bullhead City, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1478&lon=-114.5683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N902TM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N902TM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TBM 700 (registry code 8682000, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tbm-700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A66D (registry code 52069, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a66d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TBM 700
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A66D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,225 total, 882 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220219002349I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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