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Socata TBM 700 Crash debris on US Highway (Read 690 times)

Dec 24^th, 2011 at 6:48am

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Following the recent fatal crash, with debris affecting a busy US highway, it will be interesting to see if Icing was the reason for the crash of the Socata TBM 700...>>>>

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16274727

http://www.flyingmag.com/news/tbm-700-crash-new-jersey-kills-five

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Reply #1 - Jan 8^th, 2012 at 4:52pm

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And that is was scares me of flying non turbofan planes. The wings on training planes and prop planes, except C-130/C-160 style plane, are so thin that it always scares me the wing will fall off.

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Reply #2 - Jan 9^th, 2012 at 5:00am

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OVERLORD_CHRIS wrote on Jan 8^th, 2012 at 4:52pm:

And that is was scares me of flying non turbofan planes. The wings on training planes and prop planes, except C-130/C-160 style plane, are so thin that it always scares me the wing will fall off.

Stress testing is a major part of light aircraft development and building ...

See this thread from a homebuild forum. The likes of Piper & Cessna test even more

Think Global. It's the world we live in.

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Reply #3 - Jan 9^th, 2012 at 11:58am

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OVERLORD_CHRIS wrote on Jan 8^th, 2012 at 4:52pm:

And that is was scares me of flying non turbofan planes. The wings on training planes and prop planes, except C-130/C-160 style plane, are so thin that it always scares me the wing will fall off.

Every wing has a speed limit, no matter how thick it is.
And proportionally, for the aircraft size and weight, TBM 700 wings are no thinner than those of any jet airliner.

It's not like the wing just fell off... he almost certainly lost control, probably due to ice deforming the airfoils, and while out of control, the aircraft exceeded Vne, causing structural failure due to excessive load (more speed=more lift= more stress on the main spar), harmonic resonance (look for a video of "Tacoma Narrows Bridge" to see how even the mightiest structures can fail due to vibration), or control-surface flutter leading to excessive flexing or twisting on the wings.

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