- Date
- August 22, 1992, 13:03 local (20:03 UTC)
- Place
- So. Lake Tahoe, CA
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N339WTBM TBM 700
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920822032549A
- Case key
- 27739
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Probable cause
The failure of both pilots to adequately anticipate and compensate for the variable cross wind condition, and, the pilot in command's inadequate supervision of the flight. A factor in the accident was the left seat pilot's limited total experience and experience in high performance aircraft types.
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
According to the aircraft occupants, the aircraft owner, who holds a commercial pilot and CFI certificates, was occupying the right front seat. A friend of the pilot, a 246 hour private pilot with no experience in high performance turbine powered aircraft, was in the left seat and flying the aircraft under the direction of the owner. While on a straight in approach to the airport, the flight was advised three times by the ATCT of a variable right cross wind from 200 to 220 degrees at speeds from 8 to 14 knots, with higher gust components. The tower also advised the flight of reports of light to moderate turbulence all the way to the ground. Both pilots reported that the aircraft had just touched down on runway 18 when a sudden cross wind gust lifted the right wing. The private pilot did not correct the situation and the aircraft owner could not overpower the other pilots control inputs in time to correct for the wind gust. The left wing tip drug the ground and the aircraft cartwheeled off the left side of the runway and into an airport fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N339W
- Reported as
- TBM TBM 700
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 39
- Airframe hours
- 94
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-64, 700 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walt K. Weissman, doing business as Stage Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Wstage Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 24, 1992 · 94 hours before
- Departed
- MRY · Montery, CA
- Destination
- TVL · So. Lake Tahoe, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TVL · So. Lake Tahoe, runway 18, 8,544 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 845 total · 50 in this make and model · 788 as pilot in command · 82 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 12 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TVL, 1 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.