# Accident 20110806015759A: Siffer Didier ARION LIGHTNING, Farmingdale, NY, August 6, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2011, 13:12 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7217° N, 73.4203° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7217&lon=-73.4203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N723AD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N723AD-2017-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Siffer Didier ARION LIGHTNING (registry code 05630R0, https://openairdocs.org/model/siffer-didier-arion-lightning) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34801, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIFFER DIDIER ARION LIGHTNING
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA442](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA442) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110806015759A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA11CA442](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA442), Aug 6, 2011: Didier Siffer Arion Lightning (N723AD), Farmingdale, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing in a strong quartering crosswind.

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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