# NTSB ERA26LA071: Beech D95A, N95DJ, Jasper, AL, November 12, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: November 12, 2025, 11:05 local (17:05 UTC) - Place: Jasper, AL · Gear up, On runway - Coordinates: 33.902, -87.313833 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9020&lon=-87.3138&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 May 29, 2026 - 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): 202190 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA26LA071 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202190/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=202190 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA071 ## Probable cause The pilots’ failure to ensure that the airplane’s landing gear was extended before landing. Contributing was the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision during the landing approach. ## 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: [Beech D95A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md?model=1153408), [All aircraft, 416 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Flight crew (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech D95A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=1153408), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md) - [Action: lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech D95A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md?model=1153408), [All aircraft, 792 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/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: [Beech D95A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=1153408), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md) ## Analysis The flight instructor reported that during the instructional flight he and the pilot receiving instruction had just completed a simulated single-engine approach to a landing. During this approach, the right engine throttle was reduced to idle to simulate the failed engine and the landing gear position warning horn circuit breaker was pulled to silence the horn. After landing without incident, the crew departed with the intention of practicing short field landings. The flight instructor reported being distracted by incoming traffic, having to execute a 360º turn for spacing, and not completing the before landing checks using the printed checklist. The landing gear warning horn was not audible due to the circuit breaker not being reset and the landing gear lever was never selected to the down position prior to touchdown. The airplane contacted the runway with the landing gear retracted resulting in substantial damage to the lower fuselage. The flight instructor reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N95DJ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95DJ), registered now, S/N TD-556, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH D95A - Registry model: [Beech D95A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d95a) (registry code 1153408) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: TD-556 - Year built: 1963 - Airframe hours: 11205 - Engines: Lycoming IO-360-B1B 180 horsepower reciprocating; Lycoming IO-360-B1B 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Sanders Aviation Inc - Registered owner: Sanders Aviation Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, October 24, 2025, 43 hours before - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: JFX, Walker County/Bevill Fld, runway 27, 5,004 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 26; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review February 2, 2025; seat: left; restraint: none; flight hours: 494 total, 94 in this make and model, 403 as pilot in command, 101 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours - Pilot; age 56; injuries: none; commercial, military; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane, helicopter; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: right; restraint: none ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 270° at 8 knots, gusting 13 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 2,600 ft overcast - Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 45 °F - Altimeter: 30.27 inHg - Observed at: JFX - METAR: METAR KJFX 121555Z AUTO 27008G13KT 230V290 10SM OVC026 14/07 A3027 ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 29, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=202190. 4.9 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 4.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=20000437&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Form%206120.1_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigative photographs (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 583 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=20000909&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photographs-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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