# Incident 20010720020039I: Amtr FEWTF51, Ardmore, OK, July 20, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2001, 10:30 local time
- Place: Ardmore, OK
- Airport: Ardmore Downtown Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1470° N, 97.1227° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARDMORE DOWNTOWN EXEC (1F0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1470&lon=-97.1227&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51HL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51HL-2003-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Long Earl H FEW TF-51 (registry code 05604EJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/long-earl-h-few-tf-51) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR FEWTF51
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 12 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010720020039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 20, 2001, AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, AN FEW TF 51, N51HL, SUSTINED MINOR DAMAGE UPON LANDING AT ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, DOWNTOWN EXECUTIVE AIRPORT. PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT, DURING TAXI, THE LEFT MAIN TIRE WAS PUNCTURED BY A METAL STAPLE, ALLOWING THE TIRE TO DELATE DURING FLIGHT.  UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY, AT WHICH TIME ROUGH TERRAIN STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT, DAMAGING THE PROPELLER AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, AND WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT.

## Other reports on N51HL (2)

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

- [Accident 20020416009269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020416009269A), Apr 16, 2002: Amtr FEWTF51 (N51HL), Mountainview, MO, No damage. (-23) Pilot was enroute from rogers, ar to Mt. Vernon, IL at 7,500' MSL when the engine began to run rough, and the aircraft lost altitude. His GPS showed…
- [Incident 20000625034589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000625034589I), Jun 25, 2000: Amtr FEWTF51 (N51HL), Ardmore, OK, Minor damage. (-23)On 6-25-00, at Ardmore, OK at approximately 14 central time, an experimental tf 51 was test flown by [privacy data omitted]. During this initial test…

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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