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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 · Pensacola, FL · February 26, 2026

Date
February 26, 2026 · 13:07 local
Place
Pensacola, FL
Airport
Pensacola International
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N68MJ
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42
Reported engine
Thielert TAE-125-01
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,418 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was on a post maintenance flight check when right main landing gear would not extend when "gear down" was selected. Several attempts were made to retract and extend the gear without sucess. Emargency gear extension was attempted but was unscuccessful. Pilot elected to land gear up on closed runway 26 (cleared by pns ATC).

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS ON A POST MAINTENANCE FLIGHT CHECK WHEN RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND WHEN "GEAR DOWN" WAS SELECTED. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO RETRACT AND EXTEND THE GEAR WITHOUT SUCESS. EMARGENCY GEAR EXTENSION WAS ATTEMPTED BUT WAS UNSCUCCESSFUL. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND GEAR UP ON CLOSED RUNWAY 26 (CLEARED BY PNS ATC).