Originally Posted by
Mad As A Mad Thing
Is it totally inconceivable for a very inexperienced pilot to turn up at a busy airfield expecting an ILS approach because he hadn't briefed properly and then finding its an NDB? Struggling to fly the approach procedure, selecting the wrong frequency for tower? Being so fixated on landing that he didn't even see an aircraft lined up?
Of course that is possible, and if it was a C172 it might even be plausible. However, it seems remarkably unlikely that a 'very inexperienced pilot' would be flying a TBM850 (mega buck high end turboprop).
There is undoubtedly a story with several Swiss cheese holes lining up. However, at the moment there is nowhere near enough information to have even a mildly useful speculation.