Piper PA-34-220T N6915Z

Summary

On 13 May 2026 at about 19:42 local time, a Piper PA-34-220T registered N6915Z was involved in an accident near Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. One person was 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

13 May 2026 at 19:42

Classification

Accident

Location

Corpus Christi, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Corpus Christi International A (CRP)

Coordinates

27.7741, -97.4963

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-220T

Registration

N6915Z

Category

Airplane

Year built

1985

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Refugio → Corpus Christi

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN26LA188

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to extend the main landing gear prior to landing, which resulted in a gear up landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s distraction during the approach.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was instructed to navigate to the runway by approach control. During the approach, the pilot was instructed to change runways. The pilot reported that he forgot to extend the main landing gear because he was distracted due to the request to transition to a different runway. The airplane landed in a gear-up configuration on the runway and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage keel beams. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot further reported that the accident sequence involved “distracting circumstances.”

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.