Aircraft model
SOCATA TBM 700A
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
A TBM is a single-engine turboprop that does most of what a light jet does on about half the fuel, and it changed what one PT6 and one pilot could reasonably be expected to cover. Pressurized, 30,000 ft, and quick enough that the difference against a small jet is measured in minutes rather than hours on the legs people actually fly.
Single-engine turbine ownership is a particular commitment. There is one engine, and it has to be maintained to a standard that makes that acceptable — an engine programme is effectively mandatory and its status is the first thing to establish about any aircraft. Daher supports the fleet well and the type has a strong safety record in trained hands, but the training is the point: insurers require type-specific initial and recurrent courses and a meaningful number of hours before they will write a policy at a sensible price.
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- SOCATA TBM 700A
What it is
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-64 |
| Horsepower | 700 hp |
| Fuel | JetA |
| Certification basis | FAR23 |
| Production start | 1990 |
| Production end | 1999 |
| Endorsements required | complex;high-performance;pressurized/high-altitude |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 291 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 1,563 nm |
| Service ceiling | 30,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 2,380 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 61 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 1,591 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 2,034 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 2,529 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 646 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 6,579 lb |
| Empty weight | 4,050 lb |
| Usable fuel | 281 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 52 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $850,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $1,400,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 2 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 2 |
| Median year built | 1995.5 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | — |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | — |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 0 |
| Transfers per 100 active | — |
| Airworthiness directives | 2 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | none |
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, turbo-prop, 1 engine, 7+ seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | —3 |
| Support | 1.5 of 104 |
| Liquidity | —5 |
- Accident record: class median 3.7 · 10 models in class.
- Severity: class median 29.71.
- Access: class median 3,269.25.
- Support: class median 94.5.
- Liquidity: class median 21.99.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories.