Socata TBM-700 crash, Jul 15, 2008 (1 killed), Kennesaw
Socata TBM-700 accident on July 15, 2008 near Kennesaw, Georgia, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot failed to maintain airspeed during...
- Date: July 15, 2008
- Aircraft: Socata TBM-700
- Location: Kennesaw, Georgia, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot failed to maintain airspeed during final approach in a steep bank, resulting in an aerodynamic stall. The role of the medication was unclear.
A Socata TBM-700 on a private flight from Albany, Georgia, was making an S-turn onto final approach at Kennesaw when the pilot banked steeply to the left. Airspeed bled off in the steep bank, the aircraft stalled and rolled inverted into trees short of runway 9. The pilot was killed, and toxicology showed tramadol use.