# Incident 20170601015179I: Piper PA-28R-201, Ronkonkoma, NY, June 1, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2017, 13:18 local time
- Place: Ronkonkoma, NY
- Airport: Long Island Mac Arthur
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: N5YS
- Location: 40.7961° N, 73.1007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONG ISLAND MAC ARTHUR (ISP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7961&lon=-73.1007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N147LH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N147LH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,611 total, 177 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170601015179I

## Narrative

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

THE PIC AND STUDENT WERE CONDUCTING POWER OFF 180 APPROACHES AT KISP ON DATE 6/1/17 UTILIZING RUNWAY 24. UPON EXECUTING A THIRD PRACTICE POWER OFF 180 THE PIC AND STUDENT WERE ON A DOWNWIND APPROACH AND THEY WERE INSTRUCTED TO MAKE A 360 DEGREE TURN ON THE DOWNWIND FOR SPACING OF DEPARTING AIRCRAFT.  ACCORDING TO THE PIC THEY BECAME HEAVILY FIXATED ON ACCOMPLISHING THE THIRD APPROACH AND NEGLECTED TO PUT THE GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED RUNWAY 24, LANDED GEAR UP, AND CAME TO A STOP. THE PIC PULLED THE MIXTURE TO IDLE CUTOFF, CHECKED FOR AND LEAKING FUEL OR FIRE AND THEN NOTIFIED THE TOWER OF THE INCIDENT. ISP ARFF RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED AND MOVED OFF THE RUNWAY. THE GEAR HANDLE WAS FOUND TO BE IN THE UP POSITION UPON INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL SENT TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT. FORMAL COUNSELING WILL OCCUR WITH THE PIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPLIANCE PHILOSOPHY.

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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