# Accident 20250122000269A: Epic Aircraft LLC E1000, Arcola, TX, January 22, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2025, 23:05 local time
- Place: Arcola, TX
- Airport: Houston Southwest
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5062° N, 95.4767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5062&lon=-95.4767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44BN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44BN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Epic E1000 (registry code 3390119, https://openairdocs.org/model/epic-e1000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A (registry code 52207, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EPIC AIRCRAFT LLC E1000
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 40 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250122000269A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CRQ ENROUTE TO AXH.  AIRCRAFT LANDED AT DESTINATION AIRPORT ON OR ABOUT 22:55 HRS LOCAL TIME WITHOUT LANDING GEAR EXTENDED, TOUCHING DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1000 FT FROM APPROACH END. AIRCRAFT SLID ABOUT 860 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A FULL STOP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY JUST BEFORE THE GRASS LINE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^/PILOT, AND SOLE OCCUPANT REPORTED NO INJURIES.  DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO BE ISOLATED TO PROPELLER, BELLY MOUNTED ANTENNAS, AND KEEL AREA.

PILOT STATED HE WORKED ALL DAY AND THEN DEPARTED HIS HOME AIRPORT LATE AFTERNOON FOR A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT.  WHEN HE ARRIVED AT HIS DESTINATION AIRPORT, HE WAS SOMEWHAT FATIGUED. HE DID NOT REQUEST RNAV WHICH HE BELEIVED HE SHOULD HAVE, SO HE CAME INTO AXH AIRSPACE A LITTLE FAST AND HIGH.  "APPROACH ASKED ME WHAT APPROACH I WANTED TO USE AND I CHOSE VISUAL RUNWAY 27." HE SPOKE TO ATC AND CALLED LEFT BASE, AND HIS WORKLOAD INCREASED, TRYING TO REDUCE ALTITUDE TO ENTER APPROACH.  "I FOUND THE RUNWAY ON A SECOND ATTEMPT, AND CANCELLED FLIGHT SERVICES...". PILOT FAILED TO COMPLETE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST AND LANDED WITH GEAR SELECTED UP.  THE GEAR WARNING SYSTEM DISPLAYS A "CHECK GEAR" CAS MESSAGE ON THE MFD WITH AN AUDIBLE DOUBLE CHIME AND "CHECK GEAR" VOICE MESSAGE WHICH DOES NOT REPEAT.  THERE ARE FIVE LOCATIONS IN THE COCKPIT WHICH DISPLAY THE GEAR POSITION.  ON PAGE 4-19 OF THE EPIC E-1000 AFM, THE NORMAL "BEFORE LANDING" CHECKLIST REQUESTS THE PILOT TO CHECK "LANDING GEAR...DOWN" ON ITEM #8.  THIS ITEM WAS NOT VERIFIED ON LANDING.  UPON RECOVERY OF AIRCRAFT, THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND GEAR INDICATION WAS NORMAL.

## 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 CEN25LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA087), Jan 23, 2025: Epic E1000 (N44BN), Arcola, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the airplane’s landing gear before landing.

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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