Socata TBM-700 crash, Aug 14, 2017 (2 killed), Yamazoe
Socata TBM-700 accident on August 14, 2017 near Yamazoe, Kansai, Japan with 2 fatalities. Cause: JTSB: Loss of control in flight, with the aircraft...
- Date: August 14, 2017
- Aircraft: Socata TBM-700
- Location: Yamazoe, Kansai, Japan
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: JTSB: Loss of control in flight, with the aircraft nose diving while turning and disintegrating in mid air; the pilot's lack of necessary skills and knowledge was somewhat likely a factor (as summarized by BAAA).
A privately operated TBM 700 left Yao on a leisure IFR flight to Fukushima, then reported an unexpected situation and was cleared back to Yao. At about 17,200 feet it entered an uncontrolled descent, broke up in the air and crashed in wooded hills near Yamazoe. Both occupants were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by fire.