20110806015759A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Siffer Didier ARION LIGHTNING · Farmingdale, NY · August 6, 2011

Date
August 6, 2011 · 13:12 local
Place
Farmingdale, NY
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N723AD
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11CA442
Reported as
Siffer Didier Arion Lightning
Reported engine
JABIRU 3300A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
150 total6 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated that after touchdown on RW19 at frg a gust of wind lifted the right wing. He made an aileron input to counteract but the left wing made contact with the runway and the aircrfat veered left into the runway safety zone where it struck a runway identification sign, "yawed" (spun) to the left approximitely 420 degrees and came to rest in the grass. Damage to the aircraft was substantial.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RW19 AT FRG A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE RIGHT WING. HE MADE AN AILERON INPUT TO COUNTERACT BUT THE LEFT WING MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRFAT VEERED LEFT INTO THE RUNWAY SAFETY ZONE WHERE IT STRUCK A RUNWAY IDENTIFICATION SIGN, "YAWED" (SPUN) TO THE LEFT APPROXIMITELY 420 DEGREES AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.