# Incident 20000305004189I: Beech D55, Farmingdale, NY, March 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2000, 17:40 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N564DL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N564DL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 490 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000305004189I

## Narrative

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

AT 2125Z, FORTY FIVE MINTUES PRIOR TO TIME AND PLACE OF EMERGENCY LANDING, PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR DURING A PRACTICE SLOW FLIGHT MANUVER. PILOT IM COMMAND STATED LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND.  PILOT IN COMMAND CONDUCTED EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL.  UNABLE TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR, PILOT IN COMMAND NOTIFIED KFRG TOWER OF EXISTING EMERGENCY.  AFTER ALL FURTHUR ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND EMERGENCY GEAR UP LANDING PROCEDURE ON KFRG RUNWAY 32.  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON GRASS AREA EAST OF RUNWAY 32 AND CAME TO REST ON EASTERN PORTION OF RUNWAY 32, 2000 FT FROM APPROACH THRESHOLD.  NO AIRPORT PROPERTY DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS WERE SUSTAINED.  AIRCRAFT SUFFERED DAMAGE TO ENGINE, PROPELLERS AND LEFT WING.  KFRG FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED.

## Other reports on N564DL (2)

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

- [Incident 20171119019269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171119019269I), Nov 19, 2017: Beech D55 (N564DL), Daytona Beach, FL, Minor damage. The landing gear when selected down did not completely go down. Subsequent manual gear deployment failed as well. Aircraft landed gear up in Daytona Beach…
- [Incident 20031006031659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031006031659I), Oct 6, 2003: Beech D55 (N564DL), Sussex, NJ, Minor damage. (-23) According to a witness, the aircraft was attempting to land on runway 21 at Sussex, NJ (fwn). The witness stated the aircraft appeared to still be…

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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