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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A35 · Mcalester, OK · February 11, 2015

Date
February 11, 2015 · 10:45 local
Place
Mcalester, OK
Airport
Mcalester Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N616B
Reported as
Beech A35
Reported engine
Continental E185 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
22,222 total800 in this make and model75 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.

Pilot reported all indications normal on final to flare and at touch down he noticed the aircraft sinking. Stated it was to late to attempt a go aroun. Aircraft settled onto the runway, resulting in minor damage to the aircraft. It was noted that no specific fault was found during tear down of the gear system.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL ON FINAL TO FLARE AND AT TOUCH DOWN HE NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT SINKING. STATED IT WAS TO LATE TO ATTEMPT A GO AROUN. AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS NOTED THAT NO SPECIFIC FAULT WAS FOUND DURING TEAR DOWN OF THE GEAR SYSTEM.