- Date
- August 29, 2009, 16:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N715VSocata TBM 700
- Defining event
- Landing: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20090829048699A
- Case key
- 74636
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Probable cause
The pilot's hard landing during gusty wind conditions.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot stated that, during landing with the airplane near the runway threshold and at about 85 knots, "the bottom dropped out." The airplane's right main landing gear then impacted the runway. The airplane's right wing was substantially damaged during the hard landing. The pilot stated that during the approach the control tower gave him three different wind advisories, varying from 260 to 300 degrees. At the time of the accident, the winds were reported from the northeast at 18 knots, gusting to 25 knots. There were no reported anomalies with the airplane’s flight controls.
Factual narrative
During landing, with the airplane near "the numbers, at about 85 knots", the pilot stated that "the bottom dropped out." The airplane's right main landing gear then impacted the runway. The airplane's right wing was substantially damaged during the hard landing. The pilot reported that during the approach, the control tower gave him three different wind advisories, varying from 260 to 300 degrees. At the time of the accident, the winds were reported from the northeast at 18 knots, gusting to 25 knots. There were no reported anomalies with the airplane’s flight controls.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N715V
- Reported as
- Socata TBM 700
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108
- Airframe hours
- 4,013
- Engine
- P&W PT6A SER, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dml Aviation LLC
- Registered owner
- Dml Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 3, 2009
- Departed
- KYIP · Ypsilanti, MI
- Destination
- KARB · Ann Arbor, MI
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- KARB · Ann Arbor, runway 24, 3,500 × 75 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 30, 2008
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,233 total · 458 in this make and model · 1,113 as pilot in command · 73 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 18 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.77 inHg
- Observed at
- KARB
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 3, 2009, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 984 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.