ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73272
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| Date: | Monday 1 March 2010 |
| Time: | 17:15 |
| Type: |  Socata TBM700 |
| Owner/operator: | Nova Aviation LLC |
| Registration: | N700ZR |
| MSN: | 87 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1968 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W PT6A SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Montgomery County Airpark, Gaithersburg, Maryland -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Chapel Hill, NC (IGX) |
| Gaithersburg, MD (GAI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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.
The pilot was later killed in another accident near the same airport four years later, when the Embraer Phenom 100 he was flying (N100EQ) on the same route crashed into houses near killing all three people on board, along with three more on the ground.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while performing a go-around.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: 2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=700ZR
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR1601.pdf
4. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N700ZR/history/20100301/2040Z/KIGX/KGAI
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Photo: FAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Mar-2010 06:40 | RobertMB | Added |
| 16-Apr-2010 11:27 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Dec-2014 19:32 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 31-Jul-2016 14:15 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2016 14:16 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 26-Nov-2017 15:57 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2018 15:53 | wf | Updated [Operator, Source, Damage] |
| 02-Jan-2022 07:42 | Zach | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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