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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · P 70 · Okeechobee, FL · August 3, 2005

Date: August 3, 2005 · 08:30 local
Place: Okeechobee, FL
Airport: Okeechobee County Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5365A
Reported as: P70
Reported engine: Continental O200A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total40 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N5365ARegistered now · Alexander Laymon P 70S/N 420 · Built 1988 Airframe modelAlexander Laymon P 70 Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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.

(-23) Pilot was on approach for runway 05 behind two other aircraft, he stated that he dropped in at about 6 foot and felt turbulence and had a hard landing collapsing the right gear. The pilot applied left brake to prevent ground loop. The aircraft skidded 135 ft and then came to a rest. Damage to: propeller tip and right gear, and minor skin damage to right wing tip. No other damage noted to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS ON APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 05 BEHIND TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT, HE STATED THAT HE DROPPED IN AT ABOUT 6 FOOT AND FELT TURBULENCE AND HAD A HARD LANDING COLLAPSING THE RIGHT GEAR. THE PILOT APPLIED LEFT BRAKE TO PREVENT GROUND LOOP. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED 135 FT AND THEN CAME TO A REST. DAMAGE TO: PROPELLER TIP AND RIGHT GEAR, AND MINOR SKIN DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING TIP. NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED TO AIRCRAFT.