# NTSB Accident ERA25LA070
> **WILLIAM M CLAPP CLAPP-SABERWING** · 2024-12-07 · Valdosta, GA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA25LA070
- **Event ID:** 20241209199398
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2024-12-07
- **Location:** Valdosta, GA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 30.768563, -83.271157
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** WILLIAM M CLAPP
- **Model:** CLAPP-SABERWING
- **Registration:** N100SW
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

A hard landing and subsequent gear collapse due to the pilot’s failure to securely close the airplane canopy and its subsequent opening on short final.

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