- Date
- July 14, 2023, 12:08 UTC
- Place
- Lumberton, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N400SPiper PA-31-310
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20230714010219A
- Case key
- 192656
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during the landing approach he was distracted and forgot to extend the airplane’s landing gear. The airplane subsequently touched down on the runway and the fuselage and wings were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N400S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-7712083
- Built
- 1977
- Airframe hours
- 7,137
- Engines
- Lycoming TIO-540-A2C, 310 horsepower, reciprocatingLycoming TIO-540-A2C, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 2023 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- N14 · Lumberton, NJ
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- N14 · Flying W, runway 19, 3,496 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Onboard weather, Stall warning system
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 10, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,824 total · 542 in this make and model · 1,725 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Observed at
- VAY, 2 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 16, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.7 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.