PIPER PA-34-220T near Corpus Christi, TX — 2026-05-13
- Date
- 2026-05-13
- Location
- Corpus Christi, TX, USA
- Airport
- CRP
- Aircraft
- PIPER PA-34-220T
- Registration
- N6915Z
- Category
- Airplane
- Highest injury
- None
- Fatalities
- 0
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to extend the main landing gear prior to landing, which resulted in a gear up landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s distraction during the approach.
Contributing factors
Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s distraction during the approach.
NTSB narrative
The pilot was instructed to navigate to the runway by approach control. During the approach, the pilot was instructed to change runways. The pilot reported that he forgot to extend the main landing gear because he was distracted due to the request to transition to a different runway. The airplane landed in a gear-up configuration on the runway and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage keel beams. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot further reported that the accident sequence involved “distracting circumstances.”
NTSB coding
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