- Date
- August 21, 2026, 18:30 UTC
- Place
- Thomaston, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2297MPiper PA-32R-300
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- Case key
- 203723
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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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2297M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7880061
- Built
- 1977
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Departed
- OPN · Thomaston, GA
- Destination
- X26 · Sebastian, FL
- Airport
- OPN · Thomaston-Upson County, runway 12/30, 6,350 × 100 ft, asphalt
N2297MRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC)
- Wind
- 220° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- KOPN
- METAR
- METAR KOPN 211735Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 32/21 A3005 RMK AO2