# NTSB Accident CEN26LA025
> **PIPER PA-24-250** · 2025-10-19 · Eau Claire, WI, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN26LA025
- **Event ID:** 20251020201892
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2025-10-19
- **Location:** Eau Claire, WI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 44.870182, -91.477274
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-24-250
- **Registration:** N5865P
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to ensure that the landing gear was properly extended before landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s unfamiliarity with the landing gear warning horn and failure to verify the gear was extended with the cockpit position indicators.

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