# Incident 20120326004579I: Pilatus P3, Ardmore, OK, March 26, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2012, 14:28 local time
- Place: Ardmore, OK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1743° N, 97.1436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ardmore, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1743&lon=-97.1436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N821LT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS P3
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AE2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 360 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120326004579I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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