# Accident 20240301004069A: Piper PA-34-200, Zephyrhills, FL, March 1, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2024, 14:34 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Airport: Zephyrhills Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2317° N, 82.1568° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2317&lon=-82.1568&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15529, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15529) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240301004069A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 1, 2024, AT 1434 EST A 1972 PIPER, MODEL PA-34-200,  HAD A GEAR-UP LANDING.  THE PILOT DID NOT EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING AT THE ZEPHYRHILLS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTATIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE EXTERNAL LONGERONS DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTING THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURIED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ZEPHYRHILLS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ON MARCH 1, 2024.

## 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 ERA24LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA130), Mar 1, 2024: Piper PA-34-200 (N15529), Zephyrhills, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to lower the landing gear before touchdown, which resulted in a gear-up landing.

## Other reports on N15529 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20121215027809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121215027809I), Dec 15, 2012: Piper PA-34-200 (N15529), Zephyrhills, FL, Minor damage. The pilot forgot to put the landing gear down.

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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