# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-24-250: Landing gear not configured

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ERA26LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA235.md): Piper PA-24-250 · Bartow, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 23, 2026 · N5376P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
- [NTSB CEN26LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA025.md): Piper PA-24-250 · Eau Claire, WI · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 19, 2025 · N5865P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to ensure that the landing gear was properly extended before landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s unfamiliarity with the landing gear warning horn and failure to verify the gear was extended with the cockpit position…
- [NTSB CEN23LA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA274.md): Piper PA-24-250 · Durango, CO · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 2, 2023 · N7525P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
- [NTSB CEN23LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA253.md): Piper PA-24-250 · Watkins, CO · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 10, 2023 · N6886P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to utilize the prelanding checklist to ensure the landing gear was extended before landing.
- [NTSB WPR19LA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA239.md): Piper PA24 · Wendover, UT · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 24, 2019 · N6696P · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the landing gear solenoid, which resulted in failure of the landing gear position switch, and the pilot's subsequent inability to extend the gear using the manual emergency extension system for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB GAA19CA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA032.md): Piper PA24 · Madras, OR · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 18, 2018 · N6263P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear, which resulted in an attempted go-around and subsequent pitchdown and impact with the runway.
- [NTSB GAA18CA462](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA462.md): Piper PA24 · Evanston, WY · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 29, 2018 · N7893P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear during landing. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's distraction and his failure to complete the appropriate checklist before landing.
- [NTSB WPR13CA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA021.md): Piper PA24 · Lake Tahoe, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 21, 2012 · N7950P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to ensure that the landing gear was extended before landing.
- [NTSB WPR11CA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA141.md): Piper PA-24-250 · Aurora, OR · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 18, 2011 · N3TP · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to lower the landing gear prior to landing.
- [NTSB SEA08CA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA092.md): Piper PA-24 · Bountiful, UT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 7, 2008 · N146P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7102404')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND e.aircrafts_position = x.position AND e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '095'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/cases?model=7102404

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