Socata TBM-850 crash, Aug 8, 2013 (3 killed), Clermont-Fe...
Socata TBM-850 accident on August 8, 2013 near Clermont-Ferrand-Auvergne (Aulnat), Puy-de-Dôme, France with 3 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control after...
- Date: August 8, 2013
- Aircraft: Socata TBM-850
- Location: Clermont-Ferrand-Auvergne (Aulnat), Puy-de-Dôme, France
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of control after the pilot lost situational awareness during an unplanned approach abort, with contributing factors including an avionics database coding error that prevented automatic transition to localizer mode, and the pilot's limited instrument experience.
A TBM 850 (N850GC) on an IFR flight to Clermont-Ferrand, France, flew an ILS approach to runway 26 in cloud. The aircraft did not descend as the pilot expected, he tried to catch up from above, and after aborting without following the prescribed go-around he made a series of turns and climbs while losing situational awareness. The aircraft lost control and struck the ground at high speed about 6 km short of the runway; all three occupants were killed.