# NTSB ERA25LA263: Piper PA34, N1293T, Fort Lauderdale, FL, July 10, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 9, 2025, 23:26 local (Jul 10, 2025, 03:26 UTC) - Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL - Coordinates: 26.198196, -80.17455 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1982&lon=-80.1745&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 14, 2025 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 200522 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA263 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200522/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200522 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA263 ## Probable cause 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. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Landing gear system: gear extension and retract sys](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Not used/operated (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-34-200, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md?model=7103405), [All aircraft, 416 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md) - [Action: forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-34-200, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md?model=7103405), [All aircraft, 440 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md) - [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-34-200, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=7103405), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md) - [Attention/monitoring: monitoring other person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535): Personnel issues › Psychological · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-34-200, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535/cases.md?model=7103405), [All aircraft, 200 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-34-200, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=7103405), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md) ## Analysis Being high in relation to destination airport, the flight instructor of the multi-engine airplane initiated a steep descent with the throttles at idle. During the descent, the landing gear warning horn sounded, which the flight instructor thought was the stall warning. After descending to traffic pattern altitude, the flight instructor transferred control back to the multi-engine student, who joined base-to-final leg of the airport traffic pattern. The student subsequently recommended either performing a go-around or squaring the base turn to final approach for landing. The flight instructor directed him to perform “S-turns” which he felt uncomfortable doing and the tower controller instructed them to maneuver as needed. The student then transferred control of the airplane back to the flight instructor either on the base leg or short final approach. While on short final approach (likely due to cockpit annunciation of either the radio altimeter or throttles being at idle with the landing gear not extended) the flight instructor recognized that the landing gear was not configured for landing and initiated a go-around. The airplane was too low and subsequently contacted the runway with the landing gear retracted, resulting in substantial damage to the underside of the fuselage. After raising the airplane from the runway, the landing gear was extended using the normal system with no reported issues. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1293T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1293T), registered now, S/N 34-7250283 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA34 (200) - Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (registry code 7103405) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 34-7250283 - Year built: 1972 - Airframe hours: 10046 - Engines: Lycoming LIO-360-C1E6 200 horsepower reciprocating; Lycoming IO-360-C1E6 200 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: ATA Flight School - Registered owner: N1293t LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, June 22, 2025, 88 hours before - Departed: CRG, Jacksonville, FL - Destination: Same as departure - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: FXE, Fort Lauderdale Executive, runway 09, 6,002 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 27; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review September 26, 2024; seat: right; flight hours: 372 total, 9 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days - Student pilot; age 23; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review February 22, 2025; seat: left; flight hours: 140 total ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported - Wind: 130° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 75 °F - Altimeter: 30.10 inHg - Observed at: KFXE - METAR: METAR KFXE 100253Z 13004KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP194 T02940239 51016 $= ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20250709016639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250709016639A), Jul 9, 2025: Piper PA-34-200, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Substantial damage. NTSB accident no.: [privacy data omitted] atqa: A-SO-19-25-052 sas ptrs no.: SO19202600761 task id: T-SO19-FY25-0927 registration: [privacy data omitted] make:… ## Docket (7 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 14, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200522. 30.8 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 13 pages, 3.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19390360&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20Recd%209%202%202025-9%20Pgs_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Record of NTSB conversation (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 154 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19415780&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=FINAL%20Record%20of%20Convo%20w%20Jack%20A%20Jergovich%2010%208%202025%20v02_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Documents from operator (item 3, PDF, 12 pages, 175 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19414681&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Documents%20Fm%20Operator_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Report from accident airport (item 4, PDF, 2 pages, 184 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19408709&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=FXE%20Alert%203%20N1293T%20(005)_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigative photographs (item 5, PDF, 7 pages, 6 photos, 1.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19397516&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photographs%20v01-Rel.pdf - Federal aviation administration automatic dependent surveillance a�� broadcast (ADS-B) tabular data for accident flight (item 6, CSV, 25.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19403447&FileExtension=csv&FileName=20250710_A077F4_593485888_ADSB-Rel.csv - Release of aircraft wreckage, NTSB form 6120.15 (item 7, PDF, 1 page, 258 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19390763&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Fully%20Exctd%20Wreckage%20Release%20Form%20v02_Redacted-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.