Tue, Apr 29, 2003
Pilot Killed on Airport, Short of Runway
A quick call to Mr. Stephane Bernard, CEO of Socata, in
Florida, revised a critical piece of data from the FAA's
preliminary report (below): he confirmed local reports that,
unfortunately, the pilot was lost in the crash. Mr. Bernard told
ANN, "They have removed some of the parts, including the engine; it
will take a few weeks before we know what happened. I have
dispatched one of my people to assist the NTSB with the
investigation."
To sum
up, Mr. Bernard continued, "The airplane is burned; there was one
fatality. It ended up on the airport grounds, but it missed the
runway by a short distance. We will probably know [what happened]
in a few weeks."
Calls to Quest Diagnostics, the medical equipment company that
owns the fleet of the TBM-700 freighters of which this plane was an
example, were not returned by press time.
** Report created 4/28/2003 Record
25 **
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 705QD
Make/Model: TBM7 Description:
TBM-700
Date: 04/25/2003 Time: 0112
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury:
None Mid Air: N Missing:
N
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: MOBILE State: AL Country:
US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON SHORT FINAL APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET
NORTH OF RUNWAY 18.
INJURY DATA Total Fatal:
0
# Crew: 1 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk: 1
# Pass: 0 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Grnd:
Fat: 0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
WEATHER: METAR KBFM 250053Z 15012KT 10SM1BKN027 BKN039 23/19
A2981
OTHER DATA
Activity: Business Phase:
Landing Operation: Air Taxi (On
Demand)
Departed: LAWERCEVILLE,
GA
Dep Date: 04/25/2003 Dep. Time:
Destination:
Flt
Plan:
Wx Briefing:
Last Radio Cont:
Last Clearance:
FAA FSDO: BIRMINGHAM, AL
(SO09)
Entry date: 04/28/2003
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