# NTSB investigations, SC: 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 ERA25LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA094.md): Beech 58 · Florence, SC · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 27, 2024 · N458K · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to follow the emergency procedures and extend the landing gear manually after the landing gear did not initially extend normally.
- [NTSB ERA24LA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA337.md): Piper PA-32R-301T · North Myrtle Beach, SC · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 30, 2024 · N5343C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to use the emergency landing gear extension system, resulting in a gear-up landing. Contributing to the accident was an alternator belt failure.
- [NTSB ERA24LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA218.md): Mooney M20K · Conway, SC · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 3, 2024 · N3777 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
- [NTSB ERA24LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA193.md): Beech E-55 · Greenville, SC · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 24, 2024 · N333HE · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
- [NTSB ERA22LA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA319.md): Mooney M20J · Charleston, SC · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 12, 2022 · N9158D · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the torsion spring inside the drive clutch assembly of the landing gear actuator which prevented normal and manual extension of the landing gear.
- [NTSB ERA20LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA006.md): Honda HA-420 · Charleston, SC · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Oct 7, 2019 · N166HJ · Substantial damage
  > Ground personnel’s use of an improper towbar adapter lug, which prevented the nose landing gear from extending.
- [NTSB GAA19CA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA294.md): Ratheon A36 · Hilton Head, SC · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 28, 2019 · N998LS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to complete the before landing checklist.
- [NTSB ERA12LA450](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA450.md): Beech A36 · Johns Island, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 9, 2012 · N6672B · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to complete the manual emergency gear extension after a loss of electrical power. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to delegate the landing gear extension to a non-pilot-rated passenger.
- [NTSB ERA09CA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA342.md): Beech F33A · Rock Hill, SC · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 13, 2009 · N266DC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to correctly extend the landing gear before landing.
- [NTSB ERA09CA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA234.md): Cessna 172RG · Charleston, SC · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 5, 2009 · N6208V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing. Contributing to the accident was the diversion of the pilot's attention to an airplane on a converging final approach course.

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'SC' 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
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence?state=SC

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