# NTSB Accident FTW98LA060
> **Piper PA-24-250** · 1997-12-01 · LUBBOCK, TX, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW98LA060
- **Event ID:** 20001208X09185
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-12-01
- **Location:** LUBBOCK, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.590793, -101.850303
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-24-250
- **Registration:** N6661P
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The inadequate maintenance of the landing gear assembly by maintenance personnel resulting in a partial gear extension, and the pilot's misjudgment of a proper touchdown point to intentionally shut down the engine resulting in the airplane landing short of the runway. A factor was the soft terrain.

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