# Incident 20051125027609I: Beech P35, Oklahoma City, OK, November 25, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2005, 17:35 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Wiley Post Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5340° N, 97.6469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILEY POST (PWA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5340&lon=-97.6469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1554Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1554Z-2008-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 475 total, 250 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051125027609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 25, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:35 P.M., CST, A BEECHCRAFT BE-35, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF A LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE DURING LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 17L AT THE WILEY POST AIRPORT, BETHANY, OK. THE PIOLOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. A WRITTEN STATEMENT PROVIDED BY THE PILOT INDICATED THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT, HE REACHED DOWN TO THE SWITCH TO RETRACT WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE FLAPS. INSTEAD, THE PILOT REACHED FOR AND RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH, THUS CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, NOSE LANDING GEAR, AND UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. THERE WAS NO POST INCIDENT FIRE. WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WERE VFR.

## Other reports on N1554Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20070301002699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070301002699A), Mar 1, 2007: Beech P35 (N1554Z), Ponca City, OK, Substantial damage. (-23) On short final to runway 35 at Ponca City, Oklahoma, the aircraft lost engine power. Pilot was unable to successfully glide to the runway striking a…

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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