- Date
- February 4, 2006, 18:35 local (23:35 UTC)
- Place
- Canton, OH
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N755PGSocata TBM 700
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060204030869A
- Case key
- 63309
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to flare the airplane properly.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wing during a hard landing. The pilot reported that the landing gear was down and that all three landing gear indicator lights were green. He reported, "The landing was a bit harder than normal, but not jolting." A post inspection of the airplane revealed fuel leaking from the left wing and a "minor distortion" to the wing. Maintenance personnel reported the wing sustained substantial damage.
Factual narrative
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wing during a hard landing. The pilot reported that the landing gear were down and that all three landing gear indicator lights were green. He reported, "The landing was a bit harder than normal, but not jolting." A post inspection of the airplane revealed fuel leaking from the left wing and a "minor distortion" to the wing. Maintenance personnel reported the wing sustained substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N755PG
- Reported as
- Socata TBM 700
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 001
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rlrp, LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MFD · Mansfield, OH
- Destination
- MMU · Morristown, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CAK · Akron-Canton, runway 23
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 1,560 total · 86 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.