ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70481
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| Date: | Sunday 13 December 2009 |
| Time: | 17:38 |
| Type: |  Socata TBM700N (TBM850) |
| Owner/operator: | Tahoe Investments Inc |
| Registration: | N850MT |
| MSN: | 489 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 196 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PT6A-66D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Truckee Airport (TKF/KTRK), Truckee, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | San Carlos Airport, CA (SQL) |
| Truckee Airport, CA (TKF/KTRK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the flight, the instrument-rated private pilot was monitoring the weather at his intended destination. He noted the weather and runway conditions and decided to conduct a global-positioning-system instrument approach to a known closed runway with the intention of circling to a different runway. As the airplane neared the missed approach point, the pilot established visual contact with the airport's runway environment and canceled his instrument flight rules clearance. As he entered the left downwind leg of the traffic pattern for his intended runway, the pilot noticed that the first part of the runway was covered in fog and that the visibility was 0.75 of a mile with light snow. With at least 5,000 feet of clear runway, he opted to land just beyond the fog. Prior to touchdown, the pilot concluded that there was not enough runway length left to make a landing and performed a go-around by applying power, pitching up, and retracting the landing gear. During the go-around, the pilot focused outside the airplane cockpit but had no horizon reference in the dark night conditions. He heard the stall warning and realized that the aircraft was not climbing. The pilot pitched the nose down and observed only snow and trees ahead. Not being able to climb over the trees, the airplane subsequently impacted trees and terrain, coming to rest upright in a wooded, snow-covered field. The pilot stated that there were no anomalies with the engine or airframe that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate airspeed and clearance from terrain during an attempted go-around. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to land on a partially obscured runway.
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=850MT
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Dec-2009 06:11 | RobertMB | Added |
| 15-Dec-2009 06:28 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 31-Jul-2016 14:07 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2016 17:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 02-Dec-2017 17:59 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2018 15:55 | wf | Updated [Source, Damage] |
| 01-Feb-2022 16:38 | Captain Adam | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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