Plane lands with gear retracted at Shirley airport, FAA says
A Piper Comanche with its landing gear retracted landed safely at Brookhaven Calabro Airport in Shirley on Wednesday, officials said. No injuries were reported. Credit: James Carbone
A single-engine Piper Comanche landed with its gear retracted around 12:20 p.m. at Brookhaven Calabro Airport in Shirley, an FAA spokesman said.
Two people were aboard, said the spokesman, Rick Breitenfeldt. The agency does not release the names of pilots or passengers, but the plane's tail number was registered to Yannick Aubry of Port Jefferson, according to the website FlightAware.
Suffolk police said the two people aboard the plane were not hurt but did not release their names.
Kevin Molloy, a Town of Brookhaven spokesman, said earlier that airport personnel had contacted and coordinated with local first responders, including the Mastic Fire Department.
Mastic firefighters did not respond to a voicemail left at the chief's office.
Nicholas Spangler is a general assignment reporter and has worked at Newsday since 2010.
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