- Date
- February 1, 2026, 18:39 local (23:39 UTC)
- Place
- Pembroke Pines, FL · Runway 28L KHWO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N949SMCessna 172RG
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 2026
- 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
- 20260201002819A
- Case key
- 202495
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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, after entering the traffic pattern at the destination airport, the wind conditions felt stronger than reported by the automatic terminal information service. During his approach to land the pilot’s focus was on the wind conditions; he did not extend the landing gear and subsequently landed with them retracted. The airplane remained on the runway and sustained substantial damage to the lower fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N949SM
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0713
- Built
- 1980
- Airframe hours
- 12,691.7
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aviation Trust Co LLC Trustee
- Registered owner
- Aviation Trust Co LLC Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 22, 2026 · 10 hours before
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- HWO · North Perry, runway 28L, 3,463 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic primary flight display, 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
- 27
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 10, 2025
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 512 total · 105 in this make and model · 338 as pilot in command · 84 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 300° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.24 inHg
- Observed at
- HWO
- METAR
- METAR KHWO 012253Z 30011KT 10SM CLR 09/M06 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP241 T00891056 $=
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.