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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Velocity · Ponca City, OK · February 24, 1998

Date
February 24, 1998 · 17:28 local
Place
Ponca City, OK
Airport
Ponca City Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N321VE
Reported as
Amtr Velocity
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total235 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: Velocity rg (N321VE) landed gear-up at Ponca City, Oklahoma, at approximately 1728 CST. The pilot stated that he put the speed brake switch on instead of the gear switch. The aircraft impacted the runway and damaged the under carriage and propeller. Airman failed to put the gear down on landing.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: VELOCITY RG (N321VE) LANDED GEAR-UP AT PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA, AT APPROXIMATELY 1728 CST. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE PUT THE SPEED BRAKE SWITCH ON INSTEAD OF THE GEAR SWITCH. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY AND DAMAGED THE UNDER CARRIAGE AND PROPELLER. AIRMAN FAILED TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN ON LANDING.