- Date
- August 22, 2020, 13:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Simsbury, CT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N156BBSocata TB200
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20200822009099A
- Case key
- 101846
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
A runway excursion following an aborted takeoff in tailwind conditions.
Findings · 2
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
Prior to departing on the local flight, the pilot noted that the wind was calm and favoring one runway. He then back-taxied the airplane along the 2,205-ft-long runway for the departure. After initiating the takeoff roll, and nearing the mid-field point, the pilot noted that the windsock there had changed direction and that a tailwind was now present. The pilot then realized the airplane had not gained enough airspeed and aborted the takeoff. As the airplane approached the end of the runway, the pilot turned the airplane right to avoid a road, and it continued off the runway and eventually struck trees. The airplane’s right wing was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N156BB
- Reported as
- Socata TB200 (XL)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1375
- Built
- 1992
- Airframe hours
- 4,710
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 2020 · 159 hours before
- Departed
- 4B9 · Simsbury, CT
- Destination
- 4B9 · Simsbury, CT
- Airport
- 4B9 · Simsbury, runway 03, 2,205 × 50 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Auto-pilot, ADS-B
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
- 26
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 16, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 281.8 total · 38.7 in this make and model · 229.6 as pilot in command · 52.2 in the last 90 days · 14.6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 12 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Observed at
- KBDL, 4 nm away
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 19, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 14.6 MB 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.