# Incident 20171008018049I: Piper PA-34-220T, Farmingdale, NY, October 8, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2017, 16:32 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: 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: N4142R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4142R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-220T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171008018049I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT AFTER DEPARTURE FROM FRG.   ATC NOTIFIED AND PILOT WENT THROUGH POH EMERGENCY PROCEDURE CHECKLIST.   CONDITION COULD NOT BE CORRECTED.  LANDING INITIATED AT FRG WITH GEAR IN UNKNOWN CONDITION.  PILOT SHUT ENGINES DOWN IN FLAIR AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN RUNWAY CONTACT MADE. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT NOSE AND N/G DOORS.  ONE BLADE OF BOTH L/H AND R/H ENGINE CONTACTED RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

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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