A Daher TBM 700, N965DM, departed Manchester, New Hampshire (KMHT), on October 2 at approximately 19 minutes past 10 am bound for Buffalo, New York (KBUF), some 374 miles to the west. The pilot, a prominent New York attorney, held a private pilot certificate with an instrument rating and filed an appropriate IFR flight plan for the Part 91 trip. The other person aboard was his niece.
Experts Begin Process of Determining Probable Cause in TBM Accident
Key Takeaways:
- A Daher TBM 700 carrying a pilot and his niece crashed in Corfu, New York, on October 2, after beginning a rapid, uncontrolled descent.
- The pilot initially reported "everything's fine" to Buffalo air traffic control, despite being at an unusually high altitude (FL280) close to the airport and having previously failed to check in with another controller.
- After being cleared for descent, the aircraft rapidly accelerated and descended at an extreme rate of at least 13,800 feet per minute before radar contact was lost and it crashed, killing both occupants.
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