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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C35 · Watonga, OK · November 6, 2020

Date: November 6, 2020 · 10:00 local
Place: Watonga, OK
Airport: Watonga Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N646D
Reported as: Beech C35
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot

N646DRegistration cancelled Jul 13, 2024 · Beech C35S/N D-2912 Airframe modelBeech C35 Engine modelContinental E185 seriesReciprocating

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.

This office recieved notification via phone call from the regional operations center in fort forth, Texas, concerning an aircraft incident that had occured on November 6, 2020, at the Watonga, Oklahoma regional airport. The pilot failed to ensure that the aircrafts landing gear was in proper landing configuration prior to landing. The aircraft touched down on its belly and skid off the runway before coming to rest next to the runway on the grass. The propeller contacted the runway resulting in both tips being damaged.

As the FAA filed it

THIS OFFICE RECIEVED NOTIFICATION VIA PHONE CALL FROM THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER IN FORT FORTH, TEXAS, CONCERNING AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT THAT HAD OCCURED ON NOVEMBER 6, 2020, AT THE WATONGA, OKLAHOMA REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT FAILED TO ENSURE THAT THE AIRCRAFTS LANDING GEAR WAS IN PROPER LANDING CONFIGURATION PRIOR TO LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON ITS BELLY AND SKID OFF THE RUNWAY BEFORE COMING TO REST NEXT TO THE RUNWAY ON THE GRASS. THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN BOTH TIPS BEING DAMAGED.