# NTSB investigations, FL: 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.

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## 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 ERA26LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA206.md): Cessna 750 · Fort Myers, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · May 9, 2026 · N119RM · Substantial damage
  > On 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 ERA26LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA182.md): Donald E Johnston Velocity XL-RG · Crestview, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 17, 2026 · N621CM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
- [NTSB ERA26LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA146.md): Schroder David Lancair IV-P · Feather Sound, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 8, 2026 · N366TF · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
- [NTSB ERA26LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA139.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · St. Augustine, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 5, 2026 · N44443 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
- [NTSB ERA26LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA126.md): Cessna 172RG · Pembroke Pines, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Feb 1, 2026 · N949SM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
- [NTSB ERA26LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA045.md): Beech 95 · Edgewater, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Nov 14, 2025 · N2033C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing.
- [NTSB ERA26LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA002.md): Maule M-7-260 · Parkland, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 4, 2025 · N368FS · Substantial damage
  > The 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 ERA25LA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA335.md): Lafferty Jack SEA REY · Bell, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 6, 2025 · N2469J · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to raise the landing gear before landing on the water.
- [NTSB ERA25LA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA343.md): Beech 95-B55 (T42A) · St. Petersburg, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 20, 2025 · N8313N · Substantial damage
  > The 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 ERA25LA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA263.md): Piper PA34 · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 10, 2025 · N1293T · Substantial damage
  > The 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 ERA25LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA131.md): Mallory Horton AQUA-BEE · Miami, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Feb 25, 2025 · N799RX · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to lower the landing gear before touchdown.
- [NTSB ERA25LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA096.md): Piper PA-44-180 · Pompano Beach, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jan 10, 2025 · N555HF · Substantial damage
  > The separation of the securing hardware for the right main landing gear upper and lower torque links for undetermined reasons, which prevented extension of the right main landing gear.
- [NTSB ERA24LA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA313.md): Trozzi Thomas Searey · Eustis, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 6, 2024 · N222D · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor's failure to properly configure the landing gear before performing a water landing.
- [NTSB ERA24LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA130.md): Piper PA-34-200 · Zephyrhills, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 1, 2024 · N15529 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to lower the landing gear before touchdown, which resulted in a gear-up landing.
- [NTSB ERA24LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA070.md): Beech A24 · Miami, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Dec 18, 2023 · N52LV · Substantial damage
  > A partial loss of engine power during initial climb for undetermined reasons, resulting in a forced landing.
- [NTSB ERA24LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA041.md): Cessna 421 · Lake City, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Nov 11, 2023 · N977SM · Substantial damage
  > A landing gear collapse following an aborted takeoff due to degraded climb performance for reasons that could not be determined.
- [NTSB ERA23LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA210.md): Piper PA-30 · St. Augustine, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 18, 2023 · N751WW · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
- [NTSB ERA23LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA179.md): Piper PA-18AS-125 · Lakeland, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Mar 22, 2023 · N1907A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to ensure that the landing gear was properly configured for a water landing.
- [NTSB ERA21LA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA303.md): Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006T · Clearwater, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 23, 2021 · N4445T · Substantial damage
  > The 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 ERA21LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA159.md): Cessna 210 · Marianna, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 18, 2021 · N7736K · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the alternator control unit housing plug connection, which resulted in insufficient battery power to fully extend the landing gear. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to not use the emergency gear extension handle to secure…
- [NTSB ERA20CA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA257.md): Kade Aventura II · Astor, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Jul 16, 2020 · N86KD · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to retract the amphibious airplane’s landing gear prior to the water landing, which resulted in a nose over.
- [NTSB ERA20CA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA148.md): Aero Commander 500 · Opalocka, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 27, 2020 · N516DT · Substantial damage
  > The 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 ERA20CA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA125.md): Cessna 510 · Daytona Beach, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 20, 2020 · N163TC · Substantial damage
  > The 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 ERA20CA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA081.md): Pereyra Aventura · East Palatka, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 14, 2020 · N366RC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to properly configure the amphibious airplane for a water landing, which resulted in it flipping over.
- [NTSB ERA19LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA255.md): Cessna 310 · Tampa, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 21, 2019 · N2299F · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the right main landing gear to fully extend and lock for reasons that could not be determined.
- [NTSB ERA19TA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19TA233.md): Beech 95B55 · Sanford, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Final report · Jul 19, 2019 · N386Q · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear during landing.
- [NTSB GAA19CA466](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA466.md): Diamond DA 42 NG · Palatka, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 10, 2019 · N805PA · Substantial damage
  > The 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 ERA19TA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19TA129.md): Beech E55 · St. Petersburg, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Final report · Mar 13, 2019 · N15VK · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear, which resulted in a gear-up landing.
- [NTSB GAA19CA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA070.md): Cessna T337 · Homosassa, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 8, 2018 · N1ZR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent total loss of power in both engines.
- [NTSB GAA19CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA046.md): Beech 55 · Gainesville, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 31, 2018 · N5YB · Substantial damage
  > The 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 WPR18LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA209.md): Cessna 402 · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jun 14, 2018 · N322HA · Substantial damage
  > The 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 GAA18CA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA174.md): Cessna P210 · Jacksonville, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 20, 2018 · N81MT · Substantial damage
  > The 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 ERA18LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA058.md): Mooney M20K · Venice, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 22, 2017 · N5254G · Substantial damage
  > A 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 ERA17LA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA287.md): Cessna R182 · Clearwater, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 19, 2017 · N9155C · Substantial damage
  > The improper maintenance of the landing gear system and subsequent failure of the hydraulic landing gear down return line, which resulted in a loss of hydraulic fluid and the pilot’s inability to extend and lock the main landing gear.
- [NTSB GAA17CA481](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA481.md): Mooney M20C · Clearwater, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 29, 2017 · N2596W · Substantial damage
  > The 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 ERA17CA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17CA236.md): Progressive Aerodyne Searey LSA · Lake Ashby, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 8, 2017 · N796SR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's incorrect configuration of the landing gear for a water landing in an amphibious airplane, which resulted in a nose-over.
- [NTSB ERA17LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA096.md): Beech 200 · West Palm Beach, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 27, 2017 · N60RA · Substantial damage
  > The 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 ERA16CA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA093.md): Cessna 210 · Venice, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 18, 2016 · N761EP · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to properly configure the landing gear, which resulted in a landing with the landing gear in the retracted position.
- [NTSB ERA16CA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA080.md): Beech 200 · Clearwater, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 4, 2016 · N275X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to properly configure the airplane's landing gear prior to landing, which resulted in a gear-up landing.
- [NTSB GAA16LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16LA087.md): Piper PA 31 · Clearwater, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 12, 2015 · N27405 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
- [NTSB ERA15LA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA249.md): Beech B 55 · Clearwater, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 19, 2015 · N216RW · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's delayed completion of the before landing checklist, including the extension of the landing gear, during an approaching thunderstorm, which resulted in a landing with the landing gear in transit and the subsequent collapse of the landing gear.
- [NTSB ERA15LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA202.md): Beech D95 · Jacksonville, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 23, 2015 · N8950U · Substantial damage
  > The 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 ERA15LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA161.md): Lanshe Aerospace Lake 250 · Fernandina Beach, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 18, 2015 · N99HB · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear during the approach, which resulted in a gear-up landing.
- [NTSB ERA14CA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA157.md): Cessna 210N · Marathon, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 17, 2014 · N210JZ · Substantial damage
  > The 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 ERA13CA426](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA426.md): Marconi Fred I JR Velocity XL/RG · Pahokee, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 22, 2013 · N244FM · Substantial damage
  > The 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 ERA13LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA363.md): Mooney M20R · Tallahassee, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 4, 2013 · N1034S · Substantial damage
  > The 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 ERA13LA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA297.md): Beech G-36 · Pompano Beach, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 21, 2013 · N7513 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s premature rotation during takeoff with a tailwind and his delayed retraction of the landing gear, which reduced the airplane’s climb performance and subsequently led to the collision with power lines.
- [NTSB ERA13CA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA207.md): Cessna A185F · Palatka, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 16, 2013 · N812F · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to retract the landing gear after takeoff from a runway, and his subsequent water landing with the wheels extended.
- [NTSB ERA13LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA188.md): Cessna 402C · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 1, 2013 · VQ-TIN · Substantial damage
  > The disconnection of the nose landing gear actuator, which resulted in the subsequent collapse of the nose landing gear. Contributing to the accident was the repair station’s inadequate maintenance, postmaintenance inspection process, and oversight of the…

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## The whole list in SQL

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```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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'FL' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '095' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent"))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

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