- Date
- November 2, 2018, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Corvallis, OR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N850TJSocata TBM 700
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20181102021369A
- Case key
- 98641
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain lateral control of the airplane during landing, which resulted in a wing strike.
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
The pilot reported that, during the landing flare, the airplane suddenly rolled left. He quickly corrected, landed, and then taxied to the ramp without further incident. He conducted a postflight inspection and found that the left wing tip had struck the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left aileron. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during the landing flare, the airplane suddenly rolled left. He quickly corrected, landed and taxied to the ramp without further incident. He conducted a post flight inspection and discovered that the left-wing tip struck the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left aileron. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The automated weather observation station located on the airport, about seven minutes after the accident, reported wind from 170° at 8 knots. The airplane landed on runway 17.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N850TJ
- Reported as
- Socata TBM 700 (N)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 568
- Built
- 2010
- Airframe hours
- 1,259
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney PT6A-66D, 850 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Skoro Anton T Trustee
- Registered owner
- Skoro Anton T Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 16, 2018
- Departed
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Destination
- CVO · Corvallis, OR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CVO · Corvallis Muni, runway 17, 5,900 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Handheld GPS, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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
- 62
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 8, 2018
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,445 total · 1,617 in this make and model · 2,359 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.25 inHg
- Observed at
- KCVO
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 16, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 752 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.