Narrative:

I was giving flight instruction to a student who had polio, he had limited movement in his knees and his angles were frozen. We had been working on touch and goes the whole day, because this was his only area of flight that he was having problems with. He wasn't gradually adding more rudder and aileron deflection as the airplane began to slow, this was causing us to land with a side load on the gear if I didn't catch the plane. On our 8TH touch and go of the day, I read the pre-landing check off to the student and watched him do the procedures, except I forgot to check in the green for gear because I was trying to get him to work on his slip to land which he was having so many problems with. The final approach was havoc trying to get him to hold the slip in the whole way instead of just the last bit, due to the fact we were trying to practice. All this caused me not to accomplish my own gump check on final. When we came to a stop the gear lever was down and the nose wheel was open. Still unsure whether student threw the lever down while we were moving down runway, or if the gear ever did come down. The preceding week I did have to manually extend gear. I had the a&P look at it and he fixed it. All in all I feel that I may have been a little inexperienced to be dealing with a student who needed so much special attention. We had already flown for 18 hours and my average student for a multi-rating is 8. All I know is that this was a very good, cheap lesson. At least no one was hurt.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CFI TRAINING MULTI ENGINE STUDENT WHO WAS PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED GOT TOO INVOLVED IN TEACHING SLIPS ON FINAL APCH THAT HE FORGOT TO VERIFY THAT THE STUDENT HAD PUT THE GEAR DOWN, AND ULTIMATELY LANDED GEAR UP.

Narrative: I WAS GIVING FLT INSTRUCTION TO A STUDENT WHO HAD POLIO, HE HAD LIMITED MOVEMENT IN HIS KNEES AND HIS ANGLES WERE FROZEN. WE HAD BEEN WORKING ON TOUCH AND GOES THE WHOLE DAY, BECAUSE THIS WAS HIS ONLY AREA OF FLT THAT HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH. HE WASN'T GRADUALLY ADDING MORE RUDDER AND AILERON DEFLECTION AS THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO SLOW, THIS WAS CAUSING US TO LAND WITH A SIDE LOAD ON THE GEAR IF I DIDN'T CATCH THE PLANE. ON OUR 8TH TOUCH AND GO OF THE DAY, I READ THE PRE-LNDG CHECK OFF TO THE STUDENT AND WATCHED HIM DO THE PROCS, EXCEPT I FORGOT TO CHECK IN THE GREEN FOR GEAR BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO GET HIM TO WORK ON HIS SLIP TO LAND WHICH HE WAS HAVING SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH. THE FINAL APCH WAS HAVOC TRYING TO GET HIM TO HOLD THE SLIP IN THE WHOLE WAY INSTEAD OF JUST THE LAST BIT, DUE TO THE FACT WE WERE TRYING TO PRACTICE. ALL THIS CAUSED ME NOT TO ACCOMPLISH MY OWN GUMP CHECK ON FINAL. WHEN WE CAME TO A STOP THE GEAR LEVER WAS DOWN AND THE NOSE WHEEL WAS OPEN. STILL UNSURE WHETHER STUDENT THREW THE LEVER DOWN WHILE WE WERE MOVING DOWN RWY, OR IF THE GEAR EVER DID COME DOWN. THE PRECEDING WEEK I DID HAVE TO MANUALLY EXTEND GEAR. I HAD THE A&P LOOK AT IT AND HE FIXED IT. ALL IN ALL I FEEL THAT I MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE INEXPERIENCED TO BE DEALING WITH A STUDENT WHO NEEDED SO MUCH SPECIAL ATTN. WE HAD ALREADY FLOWN FOR 18 HRS AND MY AVERAGE STUDENT FOR A MULTI-RATING IS 8. ALL I KNOW IS THAT THIS WAS A VERY GOOD, CHEAP LESSON. AT LEAST NO ONE WAS HURT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.