# NTSB CEN12WA092: Socata TBM 700, N228CX, Lyon, France, November 9, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 9, 2011, 08:15 local (08:15 UTC)
- Place: Lyon, France
- Coordinates: 45.723092, 5.084053
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7231&lon=5.0841&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: French BEA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 82431
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN12WA092
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/82431/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12WA092

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Socata TBM 700, 19 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=8682000), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N228CX](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N228CX-2011-12-27), registration cancelled 2011-12-27, S/N 84 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TBM 700
- Registry model: [Socata TBM 700](https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tbm-700) (registry code 8682000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (registry code 52150, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 84
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Aircraft Guaranty Corp Trustee
- Departed: LFPN, Toussus-Le-Nobl
- Destination: LFLY, Lyon Bron
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: LFLY

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 100° at 2 knots
- Lowest ceiling: 700 ft overcast
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.12 inHg
- Observed at: LFLY

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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