# NTSB ERA25LA276: Howard DGA-15P, N67722, Farmingdale, NY, July 22, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 22, 2025, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC) - Place: Farmingdale, NY - Coordinates: 40.726737, -73.411361 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7267&lon=-73.4114&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 20, 2025 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 200622 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA276 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200622/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200622 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA276 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing in a crosswind. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Howard DGA-15P, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=4690506), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Response/compensation (probable cause); cases with it: [Howard DGA-15P, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=4690506), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Howard DGA-15P, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=4690506), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Howard DGA-15P, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=4690506), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot of the vintage, tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that he performing a wheel landing. A nearly direct left crosswind of approximately 8 knots prevailed at the time. After touchdown, the pilot began lowering the tail when the airplane started veering to the left. He applied full right rudder, but the airplane continued to yaw left. The pilot was uncertain whether the tailwheel had touched the ground during this time. As the left turn continued, the airplane departed the left side of the runway and came to rest oriented approximately 180 degrees from the landing direction. During the runway excursion, the right main landing gear collapsed, and the right wing contacted the ground, substantially damaging it. The pilot did not report that there were any preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N67722](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N67722), registered now, S/N 560, built 1942 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: HOWARD AIRCRAFT DGA-15P - Registry model: [Howard DGA-15P](https://openairdocs.org/model/howard-dga-15p) (registry code 4690506) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 560 - Year built: 1942 - Airframe hours: 3242 - Engines: Pratt&Whitney Wasp Jr (985) 450 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 24, 2025, 16 hours before - Departed: 1B2, Edgartown, MA - Destination: FRG, Farmingdale, NY - Airport: FRG, Republic Airport, runway 14, 6,833 × 150 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B, Onboard weather ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 60; injuries: none; airline transport, flight engineer, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 14,000 total, 185 in this make and model, 3,590 as pilot in command, 59 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 40° at 8 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 55 °F - Altimeter: 30.14 inHg - Observed at: FRG - METAR: KFRG 221253Z 04008KT 10SM SCT046 SCT060 22/13 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP204 T02170128 ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20250722010659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250722010659A), Jul 22, 2025: Howard Aircraft DGA-15P, Farmingdale, NY, Substantial damage. Pilots stated he wheel landed the aircraft and may have been traveling a “little fast”. He believed he encountered a wind gust and the aircraft veered to the… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 20, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200622. 2.3 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19184500&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20LA276%20new_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record - FAA inspector statement (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 61 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19183780&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=FAA%20MOR%20LA276-Rel.pdf - Investigative photos (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 562 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19185661&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photos%20LA276-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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