# Incident 20000229002369I: Piper PA28R200, Blackwell, OK, February 29, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 29, 2000, 16:45 local time
- Place: Blackwell, OK
- Airport: Blackwell-Tonkawa Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7451° N, 97.3496° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLACKWELL-TONKAWA MUNI (BKN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7451&lon=-97.3496&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7736C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7736C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 297 total, 7 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000229002369I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) THE PILOT INDICATED HE WAS GOING TOUCH AND GO'S AT THE BLACKWELL TONKAWA AIRPORT, LANDING ON RUNWAY 17 WITH THE WINDS 20 MPH GUSTING TO 32 AT 160 ON LANDING.  HE FELT THE NOSE SETTLING TOO FAR, HE PULLED BACK ON THE ELEVATOR AND THE NOSE GEAR LOCKED INTO PLACE AND MADE A NORMAL LANDING.  THE PROP HIT THE RUNWAY AND BENT ALL 3 BLADES.  THE PILOT INDICATED HE DIDN'T REMEMBER LOOKING FOR 3 GREEN LIGHTS FOR GEAR DOWN.  THE PILOT SUSPECTS HE JUST DIDN'T GIVE THE GEAR ENOUGH TIME TO FULLY EXTEND.  THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WS THE BENT PROP BLADES.

## Other reports on N7736C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20130329003959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130329003959I), Mar 29, 2013: Piper PA-28R-200 (N7736C), Marathon, FL, Minor damage. Aircraft landed with all three gear in the up position. Recovery crew discovered the landing gear handle in the up position.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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