Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear during approach, which resulted in a gear up landing.
NTSB analysis
At the conclusion of the flight the pilot approached the runway for landing, and it wasn’t until the airplane touched down on the runway that he realized the landing gear was retracted. The airplane’s fuselage was substantially damaged. A post-accident test of the airplane’s landing gear system revealed that the landing position gear warning horn, landing gear position indicator lights, and landing gear operated without anomalies.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ERA21LA221 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Mar 22, 2021
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Patuxent River, Maryland
- Nearest airport
- Patuxent River Nas/Trapnell Fl (NHK)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna T337G
- N-number
- N2QD
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1977
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.