# Incident 20170127015989I: Beech 35-A33, Ardmore, OK, January 27, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2017, 11:50 local time
- Place: Ardmore, OK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- 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: N498T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N498T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-A33 (registry code 1151404, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-a33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35-A33
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 590 total, 475 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170127015989I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS LISTENING TO ARDMORE ATIS AND CALLED THE ARDMORE TOWER WITH INFORMATION ALFA AND STATED HIS INTENTION TO LAND. THE CONTROLLER TOLD ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO ENTER A RIGHT DOWN WIND FOR RUNWAY 31, AND TO REPORT MID-FIELD. THERE WAS AN AIRCRAFT DEPARTING FROM RUNWAY 35 AND STAYING IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, AS HE ENTERED DOWN WIND 31. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED AT MID-FIELD AND WAS GIVEN CLEAR TO LAND ON 31. AN AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN WAS COMING AROUND TO LAND ON 31 AFTER . PILOT REPORTED RIGHT BASE FOR 31 AND LOWERED THE FLAPS TO 10 DEGREES. THE CONTROLLER ASKED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IF HE COULD EXIT THE RUNWAY AT BRAVO AND HE RESPONDED WITH YES HE WOULD BE ABLE TO EXIT AT BRAVO. PILOT TURNED ON FINAL APPROACH, LOWERED FLAPS FULLY, AIRSPEED WAS GOOD WHEN HE HEARD THE FLAPS CONTACT THE RUNWAY AND LOOKED AT THE GEAR HANDLE WHICH WAS IN THE UP POSITION. PILOT WAS TOLD THE CONTROLLER THAT HE DID NOT LOWER HIS LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N498T (1)

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

- [Accident 19830410016479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830410016479A), Apr 10, 1983: Beech 35A33 (N498T), Glendale, AZ, Substantial damage. Landed long and overshot the runway on the rollout.

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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