Socata TBM-700 crash, Mar 1, 2010, Gaithersburg
Socata TBM-700 accident on March 1, 2010 near Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft...
- Date: March 1, 2010
- Aircraft: Socata TBM-700
- Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while performing a go-around at low airspeed, after a left drift on landing.
A Socata TBM-700 positioning flight from Chapel Hill flew a visual approach to Gaithersburg after cancelling IFR. After touchdown the airplane drifted left, and during a go-around at low speed it rolled left, descended, and left the runway into trees. The pilot was uninjured, and the FAA inspector found no pre-impact mechanical malfunction.