Socata TBM-850 crash, Oct 8, 2012 (1 killed), Calabogie
Socata TBM-850 accident on October 8, 2012 near Calabogie, Ontario, Canada with 1 fatality. Cause: Loss of control for undetermined reasons (TSB report...
- Date: October 8, 2012
- Aircraft: Socata TBM-850
- Location: Calabogie, Ontario, Canada
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Loss of control for undetermined reasons (TSB report A12O0170). Pilot incapacitation from hypoxia after depressurization was raised as a possibility but not established as a finding.
A privately owned SOCATA TBM 700N (marketed as TBM 850) departed Ottawa/Carp under IFR, changed its destination toward Wiarton, and climbed through FL260. It then entered a right-hand turn that became a spiral dive, and it struck terrain near Calabogie, Ontario. The sole pilot was killed and the aircraft was destroyed.