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ERA24LA130

2024-03-01 · Zephyrhills, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport ZPH

Current FAA registration · N15529

Make / Model
PIPER PA-34-200
Year of manufacture
1972 · 52 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19721214
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0DF82

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The pilot’s failure to lower the landing gear before touchdown, which resulted in a gear-up landing.

Factual narrative

According to the pilot, he was landing at his home airport where multiple runways were in use and multiple airplanes were operating in the traffic pattern. The pilot stated that his “pre-landing checklist got interrupted checking for traffic” and he completed the landing with the landing gear retracted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the underside of the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. During recovery of the airplane, the landing gear operated normally when the landing gear handle was placed in the down position. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • — Personnel issues-Psychological-Attention/monitoring-Monitoring other aircraft-Pilot
  • — Personnel issues-Action/decision-Action-Forgotten action/omission-Pilot
  • — Aircraft-Aircraft systems-Landing gear system-Gear extension and retract sys-Not used/operated

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2024_ERA24LA130.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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