# NTSB NYC72AN108: Fairchild FH-227, N814M, Islip, NY, March 5, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 5, 1972
- Place: Islip, NY · ISLIP, NY
- Location: 40.7303° N, 73.2161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Islip, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7303&lon=-73.2161&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 29 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 13, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165390
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC72AN108
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72AN108

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0009   72/3/5    ISLIP,NY            FAIRCHILD FH-227    CR-  0  0  3  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1930                    N814M               PX-  0  0 26                            39, 12500 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            4200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MACARTHUR ARPT
        OPERATOR - MOHAWK AIRLINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          BUFFALO,NY                  ISLIP,NY                     BRIDGEPORT,CONN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN
        REMARKS- HIT BY R PROP RUNNING DOWN.DARK,OVRCAST NIGHT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N814M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD FH-227
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Macarthur Arpt

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.

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