# Accident 20100630039161A: Diamond Air DA 40, Farmingdale, NY, June 30, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2010, 16:30 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7267° N, 73.4081° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7267&lon=-73.4081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N388MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N388MA-2020-01-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (registry code 2990002, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIR DA 40
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 119 total, 81 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA341) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100630039161A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT FLYING SOLO WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 AT REPUBLIC AIRPORT (KFRG) WITH A LEFT CROSSWIND.  WIND JUST PRIOR TO LANDING WAS REPORTED AT 240 AT 16 KNOTS.  AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND THE PILOT PANICKED AND ADDED POWER TO TRY AND TAKE OFF.  THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY REMAINING SIGN AND A RUNWAY LIGHT.  AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED WESTBOUND ACROSS AIRPORT PROPERTY EVENTUALLY ENTERING THE EAST SIDE OF THE ECHO RAMP WHERE ITS NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY SEPERATED FROM THE NOSE STRUT.  IT PROCEEDED BETWEEN TWO ROWS OF PARKED AIRCRAFT EVENTUALLY VEERING  TO THE LEFT AND STRIKING A TIED DOWN CESSNA 152 WITH ITS LEFT WING.  THE AIRCRAFT SPUN TO THE LEFT, ITS RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE ASSEMBLY SEPERATING FROM THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT AND COMING TO A STOP ABOUT 8 FEET FROM THE CESSNA IT STRUCK.  THE STUDENT PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNHURT.

## 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 ERA10CA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA341), Jun 30, 2010: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (N388MA), Farmingdale, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a crosswind landing.

## Other reports on N388MA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20180901012779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180901012779A), Sep 1, 2018: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40 (N388MA), Mount Pleasant, TN, Substantial damage. On September 1, 2018 aprox. 1655 local time, N388MA a Diamond aircraft was returning to kmrc airport and entered the traffic pattern for a left downwind to…

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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