# NTSB ERA20CA238: Socata TB 10, N106G, Easton, PA, July 5, 2020 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 5, 2020, 17:12 local (21:12 UTC) - Place: Easton, PA - Coordinates: 40.74139, -75.2425 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7414&lon=-75.2425&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 101548 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA20CA238 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101548/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101548 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA238 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path, which resulted in landing short of the runway, the airplane’s landing gear contacting the runway lip, and substantial damage to the airplane’s right wing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Socata TB 10, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=8680696), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Socata TB 10, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=8680696), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Socata TB 10, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=8680696), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that during landing on short final approach, the airplane "sank early" and the main landing gear hit the runway lip between the grass and where the asphalt began. The airplane’s right wing was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were not mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N106G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N106G-2021-12-16), registration cancelled 2021-12-16, S/N 596 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Socata TB 10 (No Series) - Registry model: [Socata TB 10](https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-10) (registry code 8680696) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 596 - Year built: 1986 - Airframe hours: 2650 - Engines: Lycoming O&VO-360 SER 180 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 2020 - Departed: 58M, Elkton, MD - Destination: N43, Easton, PA - Airport: N43, Braden Airpark, runway 36, 1,956 × 165 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Handheld GPS, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 71; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 1,216 total ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 270° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 55 °F - Altimeter: 29.92 inHg - Observed at: KABE, 11 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20200705010919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200705010919A), Jul 5, 2020: Socata TB 10, Easton, PA, Substantial damage. N106G is a Socata TB10. The aircraft departed 58M, claremont airport in elkton Maryland on a personal VFR flight to N43 at 2030Z, arriving at N43 Braden… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 9, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101548. 4.1 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=10037816&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120.1_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record - telephone interview, pilot (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 47 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=9939347&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20Interview-pilot-Rel.pdf - FAA inspector's statement (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 10 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=9939142&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=FAA%20statement-Rel.pdf - Investigative photographs (item 4, PDF, 3 pages, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=9939507&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photo%27s-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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