NTSB investigations, FL
49 cases where the defining event was Landing gear not configured.
Cases per year
| 2008 | 3 |
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| 2009 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2026 | 6 |
Where
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duckdb -csv -c "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.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'FL' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT e.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e.\"isDefiningEvent\" AND e.\"tier2Number\" = '095')
ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'FL' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA' AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT e.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '095') ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
Run it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
NTSB ERA26LA235Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-24-250 · Bartow, FLThe pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.NTSB ERA26LA206Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedPreliminary reportCessna 750 · Fort Myers, FLOn May 9, 2026, at 1014 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 750 airplane, N119RM, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Fort Myers, Florida. The captain and first officer were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code…NTSB ERA26LA182Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportDonald E Johnston Velocity XL-RG · Crestview, FLThe pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.NTSB ERA26LA146Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportSchroder David Lancair IV-P · Feather Sound, FLThe pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing.NTSB ERA26LA139Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-28R-200 · St. Augustine, FLThe pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing.NTSB ERA26LA126Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 172RG · Pembroke Pines, FLThe pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing.NTSB ERA26LA045Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBeech 95 · Edgewater, FLThe pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing.NTSB ERA26LA002Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportMaule M-7-260 · Parkland, FLThe pilot’s failure to retract the amphibious airplane’s landing gear before conducting a forced landing on the water, which resulted in a nose over.NTSB ERA25LA335Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportLafferty Jack SEA REY · Bell, FLThe pilot’s failure to raise the landing gear before landing on the water.NTSB ERA25LA343Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBeech 95-B55 (T42A) · St. Petersburg, FLThe pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing. Contributing to the accident was a malfunction of the landing gear’s electrical retraction/extension system, which tripped the circuit breaker.NTSB ERA25LA263Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA34 · Fort Lauderdale, FLThe flight instructor’s inadequate supervision and delayed remedial actions during the landing approach, which resulted in the airplane contacting the runway with the landing gear retracted.NTSB ERA25LA131Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportMallory Horton AQUA-BEE · Miami, FLThe pilot’s failure to lower the landing gear before touchdown.NTSB ERA24LA313Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportTrozzi Thomas Searey · Eustis, FLThe flight instructor's failure to properly configure the landing gear before performing a water landing.NTSB ERA24LA130Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-34-200 · Zephyrhills, FLThe pilot’s failure to lower the landing gear before touchdown, which resulted in a gear-up landing.NTSB ERA24LA041Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 421 · Lake City, FLA landing gear collapse following an aborted takeoff due to degraded climb performance for reasons that could not be determined.NTSB ERA23LA210Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-30 · St. Augustine, FLThe pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.NTSB ERA23LA179Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-18AS-125 · Lakeland, FLThe pilot’s failure to ensure that the landing gear was properly configured for a water landing.NTSB ERA21LA303Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCostruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006T · Clearwater, FLThe pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision to confirm the landing gear was extended.NTSB ERA20CA257Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · Data collectionFinal reportKade Aventura II · Astor, FLThe pilot's failure to retract the amphibious airplane’s landing gear prior to the water landing, which resulted in a nose over.NTSB ERA20CA148Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportAero Commander 500 · Opalocka, FLThe pilot's failure to extend the landing gear due to distraction and his delayed go-around, which allowed the airplane to get too low and contact the runway with the landing gear retracted.NTSB ERA20CA125Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 510 · Daytona Beach, FLThe pilot's failure to lower the landing gear before landing. Contributing to the accident was the examiner’s failure to check that the landing gear was extended.NTSB ERA20CA081Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPereyra Aventura · East Palatka, FLThe pilot's failure to properly configure the amphibious airplane for a water landing, which resulted in it flipping over.NTSB ERA19TA233Accident · No injuriesClass 3Final reportBeech 95B55 · Sanford, FLThe pilot's failure to extend the landing gear during landing.NTSB GAA19CA466Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportDiamond DA 42 NG · Palatka, FLThe pilot receiving instruction's failure to extend the landing gear and the flight instructor's failure to verify that the landing gear was extended due to distraction, which resulted in a gear-up landing.NTSB ERA19TA129Accident · No injuriesClass 3Final reportBeech E55 · St. Petersburg, FLThe pilot's failure to extend the landing gear, which resulted in a gear-up landing.NTSB GAA19CA046Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBeech 55 · Gainesville, FLThe pilot's inadvertent landing gear retraction during the landing roll, which resulted in a canted left main landing gear and the wing dragging during the subsequent landing following a go-around.NTSB WPR18LA209Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 402 · Fort Lauderdale, FLThe failure of the left starter relay, which resulted in a loss of electrical power during the flight and the failure of the T-handle from the cable led to a forced landing with the landing gear retracted.NTSB GAA18CA174Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna P210 · Jacksonville, FLThe pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing. Contributing to the accident were pilot fatigue and his failure to use the before landing checklist.NTSB ERA18LA058Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMooney M20K · Venice, FLA failure of the normal landing gear extension system for reasons that could not be determined due to damage to the system and the pilot's failure to ensure that the landing gear was down and locked before touchdown. Contributing to the accident was the…NTSB GAA17CA481Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportMooney M20C · Clearwater, FLThe pilot’s distraction before landing by a helicopter that was transitioning to the airport and his subsequent failure to extend the landing gear before touchdown.NTSB ERA17CA236Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportProgressive Aerodyne Searey LSA · Lake Ashby, FLThe pilot's incorrect configuration of the landing gear for a water landing in an amphibious airplane, which resulted in a nose-over.NTSB ERA17LA096Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech 200 · West Palm Beach, FLThe pilot's failure to ensure that the landing gear were down and locked before touchdown. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s self-reported fatigue at the time of the accident.NTSB ERA16CA093Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 210 · Venice, FLThe pilot's failure to properly configure the landing gear, which resulted in a landing with the landing gear in the retracted position.NTSB ERA16CA080Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBeech 200 · Clearwater, FLThe pilot's failure to properly configure the airplane's landing gear prior to landing, which resulted in a gear-up landing.NTSB GAA16LA087Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA 31 · Clearwater, FLThe pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing.NTSB ERA15LA202Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech D95 · Jacksonville, FLThe pilot's failure to properly configure the airplane for landing. Contributing to the accident were pilot fatigue, distraction, and complacency and the failure of the landing gear warning horn to sound for reasons that could not be determined based on the…NTSB ERA15LA161Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportLanshe Aerospace Lake 250 · Fernandina Beach, FLThe pilot's failure to extend the landing gear during the approach, which resulted in a gear-up landing.NTSB ERA14CA157Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 210N · Marathon, FLThe pilot's failure to ensure that the airplane's landing gear was down and locked prior to touchdown. Contributing to the accident was the possibility of intermittent landing gear operation due to a faulty hydraulic power pack contactor.NTSB ERA13CA426Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportMarconi Fred I JR Velocity XL/RG · Pahokee, FLThe pilot's failure to ensure that the landing gear were extended during the simulated forced landing attempt. Contributing to the outcome was the pilot's decision to continue the aborted landing after the propeller had contacted the runway.NTSB ERA13LA363Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMooney M20R · Tallahassee, FLThe pilot's failure to troubleshoot the in-flight electrical problem and restore power using the operable redundant battery and his decision not to manually extend the airplane's landing gear, which resulted in a gear-up landing. Contributing to the accident…NTSB ERA13CA207Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna A185F · Palatka, FLThe pilot’s failure to retract the landing gear after takeoff from a runway, and his subsequent water landing with the wheels extended.NTSB ERA12CA361Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportLydon Patrick F Searey · Sanford, FLThe pilot's failure to ensure that the landing gear was retracted for the water landing.NTSB ERA11CA382Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBeech A36 · Wauchula, FLThe pilot's failure to extend the landing gear during the approach.NTSB ERA11CA076Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBeech 95-C55 · Williston, FLThe pilot's failure to properly configure and confirm the position of the landing gear prior to landing.NTSB ERA10LA478Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiaggio P-180 · Clearwater, FLThe flight crew did not ensure that the landing gear was down and that it indicated down through the takeoff sequence.NTSB ERA09CA245Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Tampa, FLThe pilot's failure to confirm that the landing gear was retracted prior to the attempted water landing.NTSB NYC08CA232Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportYowell Mallard II · Groveland, FLThe pilot's failure to use the checklist and his failure to retract the landing gear for a water landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's diverted attention.NTSB MIA08CA085Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportThomas J. Dorsey Searey · Mount Dora, FLThe pilot's failure to verify the position of the landing gear prior to making a water landing.NTSB MIA08CA077Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA24-260 · West Palm Beach, FLThe pilot's failure to follow the checklist resulting in a gear up landing.