Socata TBM 700 N850ZM
7 September 2012 · Horseshoe Bay, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 September 2012 at about 20:00 local time, a Socata TBM 700 registered N850ZM, operated by Randell D. Vinson, was involved in an accident near Horseshoe Bay, Texas, United States. 3 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.
The record
- Date
- at 20:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Horseshoe Bay, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Horseshoe Bay Resort Airport (DZB)
- Coordinates
- 31.6272, -98.3586
- Aircraft
- Socata TBM 700
- Registration
- N850ZM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Randell D. Vinson
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Abilene → Horseshoe Bay
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN12LA672
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
The off-centered right main landing gear ball joint, which resulted in the right main landing gear collapsing during landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that, after configuring the airplane for landing, the cockpit indications showed that the landing gear was down and locked. Upon landing, the right main landing gear collapsed, and the airplane subsequently veered off the runway. Postaccident examination of the landing gear revealed that the right main landing gear actuator rod end was separated from the actuator ball joint. No other anomalies were noted. Further examination of the actuator rod and ball joint revealed that the ball joint was not centered or set in its normal position. In April 2013, after several other events involving similar landing gear malfunctions, the manufacturer issued two mandatory service bulletins (SB), which outlined protocols for inspecting the pistons and rods of the landing gear actuators, inspecting the ball joint centering of the landing gear actuators, and measuring the ball joint mismatches. In March 2014, the Federal Aviation Administration issued an airworthiness directive, which required compliance with the manufacturer's SBs and the repair or replacement of affected parts.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Socata TBM-700 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Feb 2012 | Socata TBM 700 | Madison, Wisconsin, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 9 Nov 2011 | Socata TBM 700 | Lyon, France | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 19 Nov 2013 | Socata TBM 700 | Mouffy, France | Fabry Air Corp Trustee | Fatal | 6 |
| 12 Oct 2011 | Socata TBM 700 | Hollywood, Florida, United States | SOCATA North America, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 Dec 2011 | Socata TBM 700 | Morristown, New Jersey, United States | Jeffery F. Buckalew | Fatal | 5 |
| 8 Aug 2013 | Socata TBM-700 | Vertaizon, France | - | Fatal | 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Sep 2012 | Hiller UH-12B | Rio Vista, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 May 2012 | Short Bros SHORTS SD3-60 | Houston, Texas, United States | ACC Integrated Services Inc | No injuries | - |
| 17 Aug 2012 | Schleicher ASG29-15M | Uvalde, Texas, United States | Louis Bouderlique | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Feb 2012 | Cessna 180H | Conroe, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Feb 2012 | Beechcraft 58 | Cypress, Texas, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 22 Sep 2012 | Piper PA-28R-180 | Roanoke, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |