Socata TBM 700 N700ZR

Summary

On 1 March 2010 at about 22:15 local time, a Socata TBM 700 registered N700ZR, operated by Michael Rosenberg, was involved in an accident near Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 March 2010 at 22:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Montgomery Country Airpark (GAI)

Coordinates

39.1683, -77.1661

Aircraft

Socata TBM 700

Registration

N700ZR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Michael Rosenberg

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chapel Hill → Gaithersburg

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA10CA155

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control while performing a go-around.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the single-engine turboprop was on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight and cancelled his IFR flight plan after being cleared for a visual approach to the destination airport. He flew a left traffic pattern for runway 32, a 4,202-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway. The pilot reported that the airplane crossed the runway threshold at 81 knots and touched down normally, with the stall warning horn sounding. The airplane subsequently drifted left and the pilot attempted to correct with right rudder input; however, the airplane continued to drift to the left side of the runway. The pilot then initiated a go-around and cognizant of risk of torque roll at low speeds did not apply full power. The airplane climbed to about 10 feet above the ground. At that time, the airplane was in a 20-degree left bank and the pilot applied full right aileron input to correct. The airplane then descended in a left turn, the pilot retarded the throttle, and braced for impact. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector reported that the airplane traveled about 100 feet off the left side of the runway, nosed down in mud, and came to rest in trees. Examination of the wreckage by the inspector did not reveal any preimpact mechanical malfunctions, nor did the pilot report any. The reported wind, about the time of the accident, was from 310 degrees at 10 knots, gusting to 15 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.