# Accident 20260426005129A: Piper PA24-250, Dalton, GA, April 26, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2026, 15:49 local time
- Place: Dalton, GA
- Airport: Dalton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7229° N, 84.8702° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALTON MUNI (DNN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7229&lon=-84.8702&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24-250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 370 total, 10 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260426005129A

## Narrative

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

CANADIAN REGISTERED C-FTIP WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED IN A GEAR UP LANDING AT DALTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (DNN). THE PILOT STATED THE COCKPIT DOOR OPENED DURING CLIMB OUT. HE WAS UNABLE TO SECURE THE DOOR IN FLIGHT. HE DESCRIBED SIGNIFICANT NOISE AND HEAVY FORCES AS HE HELD THE DOOR. HE RETURNED FOR LANDING; HOWEVER, HE FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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