# Incident 20060316005609I: Piper PA24180, Cookson, OK, March 16, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2006, 09:45 local time
- Place: Cookson, OK
- Airport: Tenkiller Lake Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7213° N, 94.9155° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cookson, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7213&lon=-94.9155&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5649P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5649P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 947 total, 25 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060316005609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 16, 2006 N5649P A PIPER PA-24-180 COMMANCHE LANDED GEAR UP AT LAKE TENKILLER AIRPARK IN COOKSON, OK. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS UNINJURED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S WRITTEN STATEMENT HE TURNED BASE FOR RUNWAY 05 "TOO SOON." THE RESULT WAS A VERY TIGHT PATTERN WHICH HE SAID INCREASED HIS WORKLOAD AND IN THE PROCESS HE FAILED TO ACCOMPLISH THE PRELANDING CHECKLIST AND NOTICED THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE TURF RUNWAY ON THE CENTERLINE APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD. IT THEN SLID ANOTHER 500-600 FEET ON IT'S BELLY AS IT BEGAN TO DEPART THE CENTERLINE TO THE RIGHT AT A 10-15 DEGREE ANGLE. ALL THREE PROPELLER TIPS WERE CURLED AFT AT A 40 DEGREE ANGLE. THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS SKIN DAMAGE BUT ANTENNAS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED OR SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE FLAPS WERE FULLY EXTENDED BUT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE.

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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