Socata TBM 700 N850VM

Summary

On 26 January 2010 at about 23:50 local time, a Socata TBM 700 registered N850VM was involved in an accident near Memphis, Tennessee, United States. 2 people were 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

26 January 2010 at 23:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

General Dewitt Spain (M01)

Coordinates

35.2003, -90.0522

Aircraft

Socata TBM 700

Registration

N850VM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ft Lauderdale → Memphis

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

ERA10CA132

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that he was approaching his destination airport near dusk, and wanted to land before it was dark. The pilot forgot to lower the landing gear and the airplane touched down with the landing gear in the retracted position, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage skin, stringers, and wing attach fittings. The airplane was equipped with a landing gear configuration warning, which activated during landing; however, the pilot mistook it for a different warning indicator. The pilot further stated that he normally used a pre-landing checklist, but was distracted by the deteriorating weather conditions and did not utilize it. The pilot reported 3,079 hours of total flight experience, which included 50 hours in the same make and model as the accident airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.