# NTSB investigations, 2007: Wheels up landing

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 NYC08CA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA073.md): Piper PA-31T · Muscle Shoals, AL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 13, 2007 · N112ED · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to lower the landing gear.
- [NTSB SEA08LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA025.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Salt Lake City, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 12, 2007 · N84859 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to lower the landing gear prior to landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to use a written checklist.
- [NTSB DEN08LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA012.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Trinidad, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 9, 2007 · N313RA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear.
- [NTSB DFW07CA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA209.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Pampa, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 28, 2007 · N45014 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing.
- [NTSB SEA07CA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA268.md): Mooney M20D · Placerville, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 12, 2007 · N1229X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing. A contributing factor was the pilots impaired performance.
- [NTSB LAX07CA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA255.md): Beech D55 · Heber, UT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 17, 2007 · N7947R · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to lower the landing gear during landing.
- [NTSB DEN07CA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07CA116.md): Cessna T210N · Loveland, CO · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 3, 2007 · N5129C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to lower the landing gear. Contributing factors were the pilot's attention being diverted, and his failure to use the BEFORE LANDING checklist.
- [NTSB LAX07CA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA196.md): Piper PA-24-250 · Boulder City, NV · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 1, 2007 · N6370P · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to extend the landing gear.
- [NTSB DFW07CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA132.md): Piper PA-24-250 · Madison, MS · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 10, 2007 · N987MD · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing.
- [NTSB DFW07LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA158.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Rockport, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 2, 2007 · N4977S · Substantial damage
  > The pilots improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing factors were the pilot's delayed actions to abort a wheels-up landing.
- [NTSB LAX07CA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA159.md): Cessna T210L · The Dalles, OR · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 11, 2007 · N66CE · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear.
- [NTSB CHI07CA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA109.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Walker, MN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 13, 2007 · N770C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadvertent failure to lower the landing gear.
- [NTSB MIA07LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA068.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 (MD-83) · Sanford, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 29, 2007 · N877GA · Substantial damage
  > The flight crew's failure to complete the checklist and adhere to airplane placards. Contributing to the accident was a separation of a B-nut on the rudder power hydraulic shut off valve for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB LAX07CA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA110.md): Cessna T210N · Barstow, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 16, 2007 · N628TT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to properly execute the manual landing gear extension procedures.
- [NTSB CHI07CA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA088.md): Piper PA-24-400 · Des Moines, IA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 13, 2007 · N400VL · Substantial damage
  > the nose landing gear becoming jammed in a partially extended position during flight as a result of damage to the nose landing gear by ground personnel.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2007
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 232)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=232&year=2007

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