Socata TBM-700 crash, Mar 22, 2014 (5 killed), Ridgway Re...
Socata TBM-700 accident on March 22, 2014 near Ridgway Reservoir, Colorado, United States with 5 fatalities. Cause: NTSB: The pilot's loss of airplane...
- Date: March 22, 2014
- Aircraft: Socata TBM-700
- Location: Ridgway Reservoir, Colorado, United States
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: NTSB: The pilot's loss of airplane control during an instrument approach procedure, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and entering an inadvertent aerodynamic stall and spin.
A Socata TBM 700 on a private IFR flight from Bartlesville to Montrose lost control during the GPS approach to Montrose and entered a spin in cloud. The airplane struck Ridgway Reservoir in Colorado and came to rest in about 60 feet of water, killing the pilot and all four passengers. The NTSB found no pre impact failure or malfunction in the airframe, engine or propeller and could not determine why the pilot lost control during the approach.