On November 4, 1997, at 1713 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-28-140, N1469X, was substantially damaged when it collided with a tree during an aborted landing at Republic Airport, Farmingdale (FRG), New York. The student pilot sustained minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a VFR flight plan had been filed. The local, instructional flight originated at Farmingdale, New York. The pilot reported that this was to be a touch and go landing on runway 19, but he decided to make it a full stop landing. During the flare/touchdown, the airplane veered off the left side of the runway. He tried to abort the landing by adding full power, but the airplane veered off the runway, struck a tree, and continued on to an aircraft parking area where it collided with a parked airplane. The pilot reported over 104 hours of total flight time, including 85 hours in make and model. He also reported that there was no mechanical malfunction. The winds reported for the 1645 est surface weather observation for FRG were 250 degrees at 22 knots with wind gusts to 28 knots.