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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Farmingdale, NY · October 6, 2011

Date
October 6, 2011 · 19:39 local
Place
Farmingdale, NY
Airport
Republic Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N15745
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
150 total70 in this make and model30 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 was conducting night touch and go operations. On the 5th touch and go attempt, the pilot realized that the landing gear was not extended when he was in the landing flair. He immediately applied full power and attempted to go around while simultaniously selecting down on the landing gear selector. The aircraft settled onto the runway with the landing gear still retracted.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS CONDUCTING NIGHT TOUCH AND GO OPERATIONS. ON THE 5TH TOUCH AND GO ATTEMPT, THE PILOT REALIZED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED WHEN HE WAS IN THE LANDING FLAIR. HE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED FULL POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND WHILE SIMULTANIOUSLY SELECTING DOWN ON THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY WITH THE LANDING GEAR STILL RETRACTED.

Other reports on N15745 · 2

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