# NTSB ERA26LA308: Piper PA-28R-180, N928LY, Readington Township, NJ, August 13, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: August 13, 2026, 11:35 local (15:35 UTC)
- Place: Readington Township, NJ
- Coordinates: 40.579785, -74.73633
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5798&lon=-74.7363&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: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/ FSDO, FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203621
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA26LA308
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203621/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA308

## 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: [Piper PA-28R-180, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=7102809), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N928LY](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N928LY), registered now, S/N 28R-30007 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (registry code 7102809) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R-30007
- Year built: 1967
- Airframe hours: 3002
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Luis Lozano, doing business as Lp Aviation Maintenance LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 26, 2026
- Departed: LDJ, Linden, NJ
- Destination: N51, Readington, NJ
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: N51, Solberg/Hunterdon
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.86 inHg
- Observed at: KSMQ, 4 nm away
- METAR: METAR KSMQ 131453Z AUTO 02004KT 8SM SCT033 27/19 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP108 T02720189 53008

## 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 20260813010919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260813010919A), Aug 13, 2026: Piper PA-28R-180, Readington, NJ, Substantial damage. On August 13, 2026, at approxiamately 1230 LCL the allentown FSDO received a telephone call that there had been a gear up landing at N51, Solberg/Hunterdon NJ…

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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