# NTSB ERA26LA086: Pipistrel D O O Panthera X152, N37RR, Atlanta, GA, December 12, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: December 12, 2025, 12:26 local (17:26 UTC)
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Coordinates: 33.78024, -84.520027 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7802&lon=-84.5200&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 14, 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): 202258
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA26LA086
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202258/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=202258
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA086

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Action: forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Pipistrel D O O PANTHERA X152, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md?model=05639J5), [All aircraft, 440 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md)
- [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: [Pipistrel D O O PANTHERA X152, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md?model=05639J5), [All aircraft, 416 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Pipistrel D O O PANTHERA X152, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=05639J5), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that during a visual approach to land, he inadvertently landed with the landing gear retracted. The airplane came to rest on the right side of the runway and sustained substantial damage to the lower fuselage during the accident sequence. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N37RR](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N37RR), registered now, S/N PX1520006 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPISTREL D O O PANTHERA X152
- Registry model: [Pipistrel D O O PANTHERA X152](https://openairdocs.org/model/pipistrel-d-o-o-panthera-x152) (registry code 05639J5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41585, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: PX1520006
- Year built: 2021
- Airframe hours: 445
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-V4A5 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Warshauer Holdings LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, August 21, 2025, 37 hours before
- Departed: SPA, Spartanburg, SC
- Destination: FTY, Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: FTY, Fulton County Exec/Charlie Brown Fld, runway 26, 5,797 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Angle of attack indicator, Airframe parachute, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Data recorder, Auto-pilot

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review January 17, 2025; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 705 total, 40 in this make and model, 650 as pilot in command, 52 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.04 inHg
- Observed at: FTY
- METAR: SPECI KFTY 121726Z 22006KT 10SM CLR 14/02 A3004 RMK AO2 T01390017=

## 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 20251212020799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251212020799A), Dec 12, 2025: Pipistrel D O O PANTHERA X152, Atlanta, GA, Substantial damage. Admittedly, the pilot failed to lower the landing gear prior to contacing the runway.

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 14, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=202258. 2.5 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19798024&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Pilot_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Investigative photographs (item 2, PDF, 4 pages, 739 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19798364&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photographs-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.

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