Socata TBM-700 crash, Mar 1, 2003 (3 killed), Leesburg-Ex...
Socata TBM-700 accident on March 1, 2003 near Leesburg-Executive, Virginia, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: The pilot's failure to fly a...
- Date: March 1, 2003
- Aircraft: Socata TBM-700
- Location: Leesburg-Executive, Virginia, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's failure to fly a stabilized, published instrument approach and to maintain adequate airspeed, which led to an aerodynamic stall.
A Socata TBM-700 flying the localizer approach to Leesburg in instrument conditions decelerated, lost altitude and turned left about two miles from the airfield. It struck trees and came down on residential property. Radar showed the approach was never stabilized, and all three people aboard were killed.