SOCATA TBM
 SOCATA TBM. Photo: Michael Mainiero, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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| Make | Daher |
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| Model | SOCATA TBM |
| Type | Executive transport and civil utility |
| Country |  France
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| First flight | 14 July 1988 |
| Built | 1988–present |
| Status | In production |
| Number built | 1000 () |
| Registered in the US | 992 (FAA register, October 30, 2026) |
| Seats | 1 or 2, 4-6 (including flight crew) / 636 kg max payload |
| Engine | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66D, 850 shp |
| Cruise speed | 467 km/h (TBM 900)
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| Developed from | Mooney 301 |
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The SOCATA TBM, today the Daher TBM, is a family of fast, single-engine turboprop business and utility airplanes built by Daher. It was first developed jointly by the American Mooney Airplane Company and the French light airplane maker SOCATA.[1] In the U.S. there are 992 with a valid registration; they are registered as TBM 700 models, the type the later TBM 850, 900 series and on are developed from.[2]
History
In the early 1980s Mooney of Kerrville, Texas, designed a six-seat pressurized airplane with a single 360 hp piston engine, the Mooney 301, which first flew on April 7, 1983. In 1985 Mooney was bought by new French owners, and Mooney and SOCATA formed a joint venture to develop an enlarged turboprop design, the TBM 700, with the emphasis on speed, altitude and reliability.[1]
When it reached the market in 1990 it was the first fast single-engine passenger and cargo airplane in production, and it sold well. The TBM 850 (first called the TBM 700N) brought a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66D, and in March 2014 the aerodynamically refined TBM 900 arrived.[1]
Design
The TBM is a low-wing turboprop seating up to six, built mainly of aluminum and steel, with tail surfaces of Nomex honeycomb. Fowler flaps cover 80 percent of the wing's trailing edge to lower the stall speed, and the landing gear retracts.[1]
Registered in the United States
The FAA register lists 992 of these airplanes with a valid U.S. registration. Here they are by the model name the FAA uses.[2]
| FAA model name | Registered |
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| TBM 700 | 981 |
| TBM700N | 3 |
| TBM-700N | 2 |
| TBM 700B | 2 |
| TBM-700 C2 | 2 |
| TBM 700A | 2 |
Specifications (TBM 900)
| Item | TBM 900 |
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| Crew | 1 or 2 |
| Passengers / capacity | 4-6 (including flight crew) / 636 kg max payload |
| Length | 10.72 m |
| Wingspan | 12.83 m |
| Height | 4.355 m |
| Fuel | 1100 L usable |
| Engine | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66D, 850 shp (turboprop engine) |
| Propeller | Hartzell constant-speed propeller |
| Maximum speed | 611 km/h |
| Cruise speed | 467 km/h |
| Range | 3,304 km |
Figures as given in the Wikipedia article and its sources.[1]
Photos
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Socata TBM 850 - Paris Air Show 2009. Photo: Georges Seguin (Okki), CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Daher-Socata TBM-850 cabin. Photo: JetRequest.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 -
TBM-850 N96HK landing at Glasgow Airport in lovely evening sunlight. Photo: Mark Harkin, CC BY 2.0 -
TBM 850 6 seats version. Photo: Larre-anthony, CC BY-SA 3.0 -
TBM 850 Glass-cockpit. Photo: Larre-anthony, CC BY-SA 3.0 -
tbm 850 6 seats version. Photo: Larre-anthony, CC BY-SA 3.0 -
French Air Force, F-RAXL, Socata TBM700. Photo: Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia, CC BY-SA 2.0 -
SOCATA TBM. Photo: Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Wikipedia, "SOCATA TBM", read November 1, 2026. Airplane Wiki's text is written in its own words; facts are checked against this article and its sources.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Federal Aviation Administration, Releasable Aircraft Database, file dated October 30, 2026. Valid registrations of fixed-wing airplanes whose FAA maker and model names belong to this family. Airplane Wiki uses only counts from this file, never owner names or addresses.