# Incident 20220401004869I: Socata TBM 700, Laurel, MT, April 1, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2022, 11:00 local time
- Place: Laurel, MT
- Airport: Laurel Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7052° N, 108.7608° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAUREL MUNI (6S8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7052&lon=-108.7608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85JK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85JK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TBM 700 (registry code 8682000, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tbm-700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A66D (registry code 52281, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a66d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TBM 700
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A66D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 17 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220401004869I

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN INTO LAUREL MONTANA. HE OBTAINED WEATHER INFORMATION ABOUT 80 MILES OUT AND WAS RELEASED FOR A VISUAL APPROACH BY ATC. WIND WAS 250 @ 10-15KTS SO HE PICKED RWY 22. AS HE TURNED BASE TO FINAL HE LOOKED AT THE WINDSOCK AND THOUGHT IT PRETTY WELL MATCHED UP WITH THE WEATHER REPORT. HE HELD A CRAB COMING IN ON FINAL AND AS HE TOUCHED DOWN A GUST OF WIND PUSHED HIM HARD FROM THE RIGHT. HE USED HIS YOKE, PEDALS, AND BRAKE TO TRY AND CORRECT RIGHT BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO AND CONTINUED GETTING PUSHED. AT THIS POINT HE FELT A GO AROUND WAS UNSAFE. THE TAXIWAY WAS COMING UP QUICK AND HE WAS STILL GETTING PUSHED FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. HE DECIDED IT WAS BETTER TO GO INTO THE GRASS THAN TRY AND MAKE A SHARP TURN ONTO THE TAXIWAY. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT VEERED INTO THE GRASS THE FRONT TIRE HIT A DIP AND CONSEQUENTLY THE PROP HIT THE GROUND. NO INJURIES, PILOT WAS ONLY PERSON ON BOARD, MINIMAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT PROPELLER.

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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