PVT PLT LANDS HIS SMA ACFT GEAR UP.
Synopsis
PVT PLT LANDS HIS SMA ACFT GEAR UP.
Narrative
FRG CTAF WAS CONTACTED APPROX 10 NM E OF FRG AT 2500 FT MSL WHEN AUTH FREQ CHANGE BY NY APCH WHILE DEPARTING ISP CLASS C AIRSPACE. UPON INITIAL TA REQUEST OVER CTAF; PIPER CHEROKEE IN TFC PATTERN PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES AT FRG ADVISED RWY 32 IN USE. WITH CHEROKEE IN SIGHT AND NO OTHER ACFT VISIBLE OR RPTED IN TFC PATTERN; A PATTERN ENTRY 45 DEGS TO A R DOWNWIND RWY 32; FRG; WAS EXECUTED AND ADVISED OVER CTAF. PRE-LNDG CHKLIST WAS COMMENCED ABEAM RWY THRESHOLD; PWR WAS REDUCED. CONVINCED LNDG CHKLIST WAS COMPLETE; LNDG WAS ATTEMPTED AND ACFT CONTACTED RWY SURFACE WITH LNDG GEAR UP; SLIDING TO A STOP JUST R OF CTRLINE AND APPROX ABEAM TXWY D1; RWY 32 INTXN; AT FRG. ARPT RESCUE SVCS WERE ON THE SCENE IMMEDIATELY; I SELF ANNOUNCED OVER CTAF DISABLED ACFT ON RWY 32; SO ACFT IN PATTERN WOULD NOT ATTEMPT LNDG; CHEROKEE ACKNOWLEDGED. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ARPT RESCUE SVCS THE AIRPLANE WAS LIFTED WITH INFLATABLE BLADDERS ONTO A DOLLY AND TOWED TO LCL FBO; FRG. ACFT DAMAGE CONSISTS OF BENT PROP BLADES; WORN INBOARD FLAP CORNERS; AND SCRAPED PAINT ON FORWARD UNDERSIDE OF FUSELAGE. NO RPT TO NTSB REQUIRED.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.