- Date
- March 8, 2026, 15:41 local (19:41 UTC)
- Place
- Feather Sound, FL · Runway 18 @ PIE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N366TFSchroder David Lancair IV-P
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- 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
- 20260308004399A
- Case key
- 202640
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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 he “felt rushed” during an instrument approach at the destination airport. While on the instrument approach, he opted to extend the airplane’s speed brakes to descend “1,500ft within a few miles” while he maintained airspeed. The pilot mentioned that he typically would perform a before landing check at 500 ft above ground level, but failed to do so on this flight. The airplane touched down on the runway with its landing gear retracted, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane’s fuselage. The pilot stated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N366TF
- Reported as
- Schroder David Lancair IV-P
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- LIV-388
- Built
- 2000
- Airframe hours
- 1,912.8
- Engine
- Continental Motors TSIO-550-E, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Majul Enterprises Inc
- Registered owner
- Majul Enterprises Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · August 9, 2025
- Departed
- VRB · Vero Beach, FL
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PIE · St Pete-Clearwater Intl, runway 18, 9,730 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Handheld GPS
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
- 65
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 3, 2025
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,335 total · 256 in this make and model · 1,281 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE
- METAR
- METAR KPIE 081953Z 22008KT 190V260 10SM BKN035 29/20 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP183 T02890200
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N366TF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.