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The pilot of a cessna 425 experienced a gear up landing following an approach in which the gear warning horn was reported to not have sounded.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1213225 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201410 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 425/441 Conquest I/Conquest II |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Landing Gear Indicating System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 7000 Flight Crew Type 15 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Ground Event / Encounter Gear Up Landing |
Narrative:
Returning to home base; I made a gear-up landing. I was flying a very long straight-in approach with approach flaps (15 degrees) selected. The winds were; 350 at 8; gusts to runway X. When I selected flaps for landing there was no landing gear horn. Not that I use this as a method for checking the status of the landing gear; but sub-consciously assumed I was configured for landing. Neither one of the 2 passengers heard a horn; or buzzer of any sort. Sitting on the runway with the engines secured; and the landing gear retracted; and; the battery switch on; the landing gear warning should have still been sounding off! It was not! The system's primary function is to remind the pilot about the gear if some reason he gets a little out of sync. Sure wish it worked properly that day.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The pilot of a Cessna 425 experienced a gear up landing following an approach in which the gear warning horn was reported to not have sounded.
Narrative: Returning to home base; I made a gear-up landing. I was flying a very long straight-in approach with approach flaps (15 degrees) selected. The winds were; 350 at 8; gusts to Runway X. When I selected flaps for landing there was no landing gear horn. Not that I use this as a method for checking the status of the landing gear; but sub-consciously assumed I was configured for landing. Neither one of the 2 passengers heard a horn; or buzzer of any sort. Sitting on the runway with the engines secured; and the landing gear retracted; and; the battery switch on; the landing gear warning should have still been sounding off! It Was not! The system's primary function is to remind the pilot about the gear if some reason he gets a little out of sync. Sure wish it worked properly that day.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.