Socata TBM-700 crash, Apr 24, 2003 (1 killed), Mobile
Socata TBM-700 accident on April 24, 2003 near Mobile, Alabama, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: Improper installation of the power control...
- Date: April 24, 2003
- Aircraft: Socata TBM-700
- Location: Mobile, Alabama, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Improper installation of the power control linkage by maintenance personnel, leading to loss of power lever control, and the pilot's failure to follow emergency procedures and his intentional engine shutdown during the forced approach.
A Quest Diagnostics TBM 700 on a Lawrenceville to Mobile flight reported a runaway engine on approach. The pilot shut the engine down and continued toward Mobile Downtown, but did not reach the runway, striking a utility pole and the ground short of Runway 18. The pilot was killed and the aircraft burned. The NTSB traced the power loss to an incorrectly assembled fuel control linkage and found the pilot did not follow the published emergency procedure.