# Accident 20160620013579A: Swearingen SA226-T(B), Farmingdale, NY, June 20, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2016, 17:58 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7289° N, 73.4133° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7289&lon=-73.4133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N127WD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N127WD-2019-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA226-T(B) (registry code 8780406, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa226-t-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN SA226-T(B)
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA527](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA527) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160620013579A

## Narrative

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

ON MONDAY JUNE 20, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 17:58, N127WD , A MERLIN SWEARINGEN SA226-T(B), LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 19 WHILE LANDING AT REPUBLIC AIRPORT IN FARMINGDALE, NY. AIRPORT OPERATIONS MET THE AIRCRAFT WHERE IT CAME TO REST AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF RUNWAYS 14 AND 19. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT AND OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING TRAINING IN ORDER FOR THE SIC TO BECOME QUALIFIED IN THE AIRCRAFT. BOTH PILOTS WERE INTERVIEWED SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT AND BOTH PILOTS INDICATED THAT THE FIRST INDICATION THEY WERE LANDING GEAR UP WAS IN THE LANDING FLARE WHEN THEY BOTH HEARD A DISTINCTIVE ?THWAT, THWAT, THWAT? SOUND OF THE PROPELLER TIPS STRIKING THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT DECIDED TO COMMIT TO THE LANDING AND MOVED THE PROPELLER LEVERS TO FULL REVERSE, FUEL PUMPS OFF, AND FUEL SHUTOFF VALVES TO THE OFF POSITION. THE MASTER WAS ALSO TURNED OFF AND BOTH OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## 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 GAA16CA527](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA527), Jun 20, 2016: Swearingen SA226 (N127WD), Farmingdale, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing and his failure to use the Before Landing checklist. Contributing to the accident was the pilots’ failure to maintain a…

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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