# Landing gear not configured - Type: NTSB defining event - NTSB code: 095 - CICTT category: Abnormal Runway Contact - Defining event in: 460 cases - In the sequence of: 584 cases - Fatal cases: 7 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/cases.md - Cases with it anywhere in the sequence: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095 ## Cases per year (defining / in the sequence) - 2008: 27 / 32 - 2009: 17 / 27 - 2010: 26 / 29 - 2011: 23 / 30 - 2012: 26 / 34 - 2013: 20 / 27 - 2014: 10 / 17 - 2015: 16 / 24 - 2016: 21 / 28 - 2017: 26 / 36 - 2018: 23 / 32 - 2019: 27 / 35 - 2020: 19 / 22 - 2021: 26 / 31 - 2022: 20 / 25 - 2023: 28 / 37 - 2024: 32 / 39 - 2025: 42 / 47 - 2026: 31 / 32 ## Phase of flight - Landing: 247 cases - Landing-flare/touchdown: 170 cases - Landing-landing roll: 22 cases - Takeoff: 12 cases - Initial climb: 5 cases - Landing-aborted after touchdown: 2 cases - Emergency descent: 1 cases - Takeoff-rejected takeoff: 1 cases ## In the probable cause of these cases - [Gear extension and retract sys](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230) (Aircraft): 223 cases - [Forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035) (Personnel issues): 219 cases - [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 129 cases - [Use of checklist](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063030) (Personnel issues): 82 cases - [Lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030) (Personnel issues): 50 cases - [Landing gear system, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023200) (Aircraft): 48 cases - [Landing gear selector](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023234) (Aircraft): 38 cases - [Task monitoring/vigilance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021520) (Personnel issues): 29 cases - [Attention](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021510) (Personnel issues): 28 cases - [Main landing gear](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023210) (Aircraft): 25 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36): 13 cases - [Cessna 172RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg): 11 cases - [Piper PA-44-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180): 11 cases - [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250): 10 cases - [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58): 10 cases - [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182): 9 cases - [Beech 95-B55 (T42A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a): 9 cases - [Piper PA-24-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260): 8 cases - [Cessna P210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n): 8 cases - [Cessna T210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l): 8 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB WPR27LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR27LA016), Oct 12, 2026: Piper PA-30 (N7571Y), Reno, NV, substantial damage, investigation ongoing - [NTSB ERA26LA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA347), Sep 20, 2026: Shaffer John Thomas KR-2 (N455JS), Westminster, OH, substantial damage, investigation ongoing - [NTSB WPR26LA316](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA316), Aug 21, 2026: Piper PA-12 (N7524H), Bemidji, MN, substantial damage, investigation ongoing - [NTSB WPR26LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA311), Aug 21, 2026: Cessna T210M (N761WT), Logan, UT, substantial damage, investigation ongoing - [NTSB ERA26LA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA322), Aug 21, 2026: Piper PA-32R-300 (N2297M), Thomaston, GA, substantial damage, investigation ongoing - [NTSB WPR26LA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA308), Aug 15, 2026: Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 (N5LC), Norton Shores, MI, substantial damage, investigation ongoing - [NTSB ERA26LA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA308), Aug 13, 2026: Piper PA-28R-180 (N928LY), Readington Township, NJ, substantial damage, investigation ongoing - [NTSB ANC26LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26LA085), Aug 6, 2026: Beech 36 (N364EM), Port Alsworth, AK, substantial damage, investigation ongoing - [NTSB CEN26LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA278), Aug 1, 2026: Cessna 310 (N3618G), North Little Rock, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor and pilot receiving instruction’s failure to verify that the landing gear was extended before landing, which resulted in a gear-up landing. - [NTSB CEN26LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA262), Jul 20, 2026: Beech F33A (N933A), Janesville, WI, substantial damage, investigation ongoing NTSB has coded findings and defining events since 2008; earlier cases used its older occurrence and cause codes and aren't counted. Findings: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings.md. Defining events: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events.md. Phases of flight: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases.md. Every investigation, filtered by finding, event, phase, state, year or model: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md (for example ?state=MI&fatal=1). NTSB's definitions: Accident and incident, 49 CFR 830.2 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-VIII/part-830/subpart-A/section-830.2), CICTT occurrence categories (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/OccurrenceCategoryDefinitions.pdf), CICTT phases of flight (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/PhaseofFlightDefinitions.pdf), and NTSB coding manual, before 2008 (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). NTSB publishes no definitions for its findings, only their names. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.