Overview
- The Socata TBM 700C2 departed New Bedford around 8 a.m. bound for Kenosha, Wisconsin, and crashed about 8:15 a.m.
- Radio exchanges show the pilot reported returning to the airport, declined assistance, acknowledged a low‑altitude alert, then made an unintelligible exclamation.
- Cockpit audio captured a scream just before impact, according to the preliminary NTSB report.
- The aircraft clipped tree tops about 50 feet above ground and came to rest in the I‑195 median about four miles from the airport, injuring a passing motorist; debris extended roughly 280 feet.
- Thomas Perkins, 68, and his wife, Agatha, 66, of Middletown, Rhode Island, were killed; the NTSB says the findings are preliminary and the investigation continues.