Daher TBM700 accident near Truckee, CA
On March 31, 2024, a Daher TBM700 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Truckee, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 31, 2024
- Place
- Truckee, CA
- Aircraft
- Daher TBM700 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.334°N, 120.153°W
- NTSB ID
- 20240331194007
NTSB summary
On March 30, 2024, at 1837 Pacific daylight time, a Daher TBM 700 (960), N960LP, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident in Truckee, California. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight. The pilot and pilot-rated passenger had flown from Truckee to Denver on March 27 to visit their family. The accident flight was the return flight back to their home airport. The pilot purchased the airplane in November 2022 and had amassed over 250 hours flying it. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) provided automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) information disclosed that the airplane departed from Centennial Airport in Denver, Colorado about 1525. Following departure, the airplane turned to a westerly heading and eventually climbed to a cruise altitude of about 30,000 feet mean sea level (msl). The airplane continued on that course until reaching about 120 nautical miles (nm) from the Truckee-Tahoe Airport (TRK), Truckee, California. The airplane then made a right turn to the north and gradual descent to about 15,000 ft as it passed over Lake Tahoe (see Figure 1 below). The track then turned to the northeast directed to the Initial Approach Fix (IAF), WUDPA, for the RNAV (GPS) RWY 20 instrument approach. Figure 1: ADS-B Flight Track The airplane passed over the Final Approach Fix (FAF), LUMO, at 1832:37 and the ADS-B data showed that immediately thereafter the Approach Mode (APP Mode) was turned on and the Altitude Hold (ALT Hold) was turned off.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
