# Incident 20221219019879I: Socata TBM 700, Kalispell, MT, December 19, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2022, 18:45 local time
- Place: Kalispell, MT
- Airport: Glacier Park International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.3105° N, 114.2560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GLACIER PARK INTL (GPI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3105&lon=-114.2560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N930ML, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N930ML) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,112 total, 1,020 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221219019879I

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVIATION:

PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RWY02 AT GPI.  DURING TOUCHDOWN, PILOT HEARD AND FELT SOMETHING UNUSUAL AND REALIZED THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED.  PILOT IMMEDIATELY COMMENCED A GO AROUND, PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

CAUSAUL AND/OR CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:

PILOT ERROR

NO ATC ACTIONS CONTRIBUTORY TO THE EVENT.

NO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SYSTEMIC CORRECTIVE ACTION.

ACTION TAKEN TO CORRECT PROBLEM AND PREVENT REOCCURANCE:

COMPLIANCE ACTION – COUNSELING. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED ON SINGLE PILOT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND USE OF CHECKLISTS.

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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