# Incident 20170710023579I: Piper PA-32R-300, Westhampton Bea, NY, July 10, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2017, 15:20 local time
- Place: Westhampton Bea, NY
- Airport: Francis S Gabreski
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8436° N, 72.6318° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRANCIS S GABRESKI (FOK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8436&lon=-72.6318&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2210Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2210Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 862 total, 223 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170710023579I

## Narrative

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

DURING A PRACTICE POWER OFF APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24 AT KFOK THE AIRMAN EXPLAINED THAT HE FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN PRIOR TO COMMENCING THE APPROACH. THE ATTENTION REQUIRED FOR THE PRACTICE MANUVER AS WELL AS HIS DESENSITIZATION FROM ALWAYS HEARING THE GEAR HORN DURING PRACTICE MANUVERS FOR HIS COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE MEANT THAT HE WAS NOT ALARMED BY HEARING THE HORN DURING THIS APPROACH. IT WAS ONLY WHEN ENTERING THE FLARE DID HE NOTICE HE WAS TOO FAST AND BY THE TIME HE REALIZED THE GEAR WASNT DOWN IT WAS TOO LATE. THE AIRMANS HAS FULL SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OF THE EVENT AS IT OCCURED AND HAS ALREADY BEGUN RECURRENT TRAINING WITH HIS CFI TO MOVE PAST THE EVENT. THE CFI EXPLAINED THIS TYPE OF EVENT IS VERY UNLIKE HIS STUDENT WHO IS A VERY SKILLED PILOT AND THEY WILL LEARN AS MUCH AS THEY CAN FROM IT AND GO FORWARD WITH A STRICT TRAINING REGIME WHILE HE PREPARES FOR HIS COMMERCIAL PRACTICAL TEST. COUNSELING WITH THE AIRMAN IS SUFFICENT TO BRING THIS AIRMAN BACK INTO COMPLIANCE.

INSPECTING THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE INCIDENT, FOUND THE FOLLOWING. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED AT BOTH TIPS AND REMOVED, BOTTOM SKIN AND STRUCTURE HAD MINOR DAMAGED, THE AIRCRAFT STEP LOCATED AFT OF THE RIGHT FLAP WAS DAMAGED, LOWER ANTENNA WAS SHEARED, EXHAUSTED PIPES EDGE WERE SLIGHTLY BENT.

## Other reports on N2210Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20051223031919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051223031919I), Dec 23, 2005: Piper PA32R300 (N2210Q), Marion, VA, Minor damage. (-23) While conducting a visual approach to runway 26 the pilot inadvertently maneuvered the airplane too low and contacted the upper branches of a tree…

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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