# Accident 20040327021199A: Hughes 269B, Farmingdale, NY, March 27, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2004, 16:08 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7286° N, 73.4133° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7286&lon=-73.4133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9520F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9520F-2004-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,600 total, 25 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04CA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040327021199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 27, 2004 MR. JOHN TOMAINO, CERTIFICATE #1815148, WAS PILOT IN COMMAND OF N9520F, A HU-269-B. MR. TOMAINO STATED THAT HE LOST TAIL ROTOR EFFECTIVENESS WHILE IN A PEDAL TURN AT THE APPROACH END OF 32 AT FARMINGDALE, REPUBLIC AIRPORT (FRG). HE STATED THAT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND, THE RIGHT SKID DUG IN AND COLLAPSED CAUSING THE MAIN ROTORS TO STRIKE THE GROUND AND EXPERIENCE A SUDDEN STOPPAGE. MR. TOMAINO WAS SITTING IN TH E LEFT SEAT AND A PASSENGER, ^PRIVACY DATA ^ WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BUT THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. AN EYEWITNESS, ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ GAVE A DETAILED WRITTEN STATEMENT, THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OUT OF CONTROL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC04CA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA096), Mar 27, 2004: Hughes 269B (N9520F), Farmingdale, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while hover-taxiing. A factor in this accident was the high wind condition.

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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