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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pilatus P3 · Ardmore, OK · March 26, 2012

Date: March 26, 2012 · 14:28 local
Place: Ardmore, OK
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N821LT
Reported as: Pilatus P3
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,400 total360 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

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.

The pilot was landing on runway 13 at Ardmore airport (adm). He stated that he had a green light and the gear was down and locked. Upon touchdown of the main landing gear, he heard the gear horn "chirp" and then when he lowered the nose the aircaft struck the prop due to the nose gear collapsing. The pilot raised the nose as best he could and shut the engine down and lowered the nose agian to skid to a stop. The aircraft had minimal damage and there were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 13 AT ARDMORE AIRPORT (ADM). HE STATED THAT HE HAD A GREEN LIGHT AND THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. UPON TOUCHDOWN OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, HE HEARD THE GEAR HORN "CHIRP" AND THEN WHEN HE LOWERED THE NOSE THE AIRCAFT STRUCK THE PROP DUE TO THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING. THE PILOT RAISED THE NOSE AS BEST HE COULD AND SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND LOWERED THE NOSE AGIAN TO SKID TO A STOP. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINIMAL DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.