Swearingen SA226T Merlin III crash, Jun 20, 2016, Farming...
Swearingen SA226T Merlin III accident on June 20, 2016 near Farmingdale-Republic, New York, United States with no fatalities. Cause: NTSB (GAA16CA527,...
- Date: June 20, 2016
- Aircraft: Swearingen SA226T Merlin III
- Location: Farmingdale-Republic, New York, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: NTSB (GAA16CA527, as summarized by BAAA): the pilot in command's failure to extend the landing gear before landing and his failure to use the Before Landing checklist; contributing was the failure to maintain a sterile cockpit. The landing gear warning horn was not audible through the noise cancelling headsets.
On 20 June 2016 a Ponderosa Air Swearingen Merlin IIIB (N127WD) on an instructional flight from White Plains landed gear up at Republic Airport in Farmingdale. The pilot did not extend the gear or use the Before Landing checklist, and the cockpit was not kept sterile during the approach. The propellers struck the runway and the fuselage bulkheads, longerons and stringers were substantially damaged, but both pilots were uninjured.