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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ERA25LA045

2024-11-06 Fairfield Township, New Jersey, United States Airport · CDW None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N793RG

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH G58

Year of manufacture

2011 · 13 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-550-C (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20110516

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAC4A8

Registrant of record

MEADOWLAKE AIRPARK LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The pilot’s failure to properly configure the landing gear for landing.

Factual narrative

The pilot of the multiengine airplane reported that the accident flight was the third flight since the most recent annual inspection, during which avionics upgrades were installed. Shortly after takeoff at night, the pilot experienced intermittent avionics malfunctions and elected to return to the departure airport. The pilot wanted to land as soon as possible and performed a straight-in approach with an approach speed that was 5 knots above what he normally flew. On short final approach, the pilot extended the flaps to the approach setting and thought he had extended the landing gear, but subsequently landed with the landing gear retracted. The airplane’s left wing and lower fuselage were substantially damaged during the landing. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the landing gear system. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).

  • Personnel issues-Action/decision-Action-Forgotten action/omission-Pilot
  • Aircraft-Aircraft systems-Landing gear system-Landing gear selector-Incorrect use/operation

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2024_ERA25LA045.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (stall). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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