PVT PLT LANDS HIS SMA ACFT GEAR UP.

Date: 1997-12 · Aircraft: Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer

Anomalies: conflict-ground-conflict|critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-unspecified

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.

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