# Incident 20050803019469I: P70, Okeechobee, FL, August 3, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2005, 08:30 local time
- Place: Okeechobee, FL
- Airport: Okeechobee County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2666° N, 80.8504° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OKEECHOBEE COUNTY (OBE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2666&lon=-80.8504&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5365A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5365A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Alexander Laymon P 70 (registry code 05612TX, https://openairdocs.org/model/alexander-laymon-p-70) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: P70
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 40 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050803019469I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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