Piper PA-44-180 N441HG

Summary

On 26 November 2025 at about 03:30 local time, a Piper PA-44-180 registered N441HG was involved in an accident near Eastman, Georgia, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

26 November 2025 at 03:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Eastman, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Heart of Georgia Rgnl (EZM)

Coordinates

32.2154, -83.1291

Aircraft

Piper PA-44-180

Registration

N441HG

Category

Airplane

Year built

1995

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Augustine → Eastman

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

ERA26LA057

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructors failure to extend the landing gear before landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The flight instructor reported that following multiple takeoffs and landings, he failed to extend the landing gear during a full stop landing. The airplane subsequently landed with the landing gear retracted and slid to the left of the runway centerline before coming to rest, which resulted in substantial damage to the lower fuselage. The flight instructor stated that the landing gear warning horn did not activate before the gear up landing. A postaccident examination of the landing gear system did not reveal any mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.