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GA small aircraft twin on training flight made gear up approach until propeller struck runway, then completed a go around to normal landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 126341 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198910 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : vrb |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : vrb |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 2 Eng, Retractable Gear |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other landing : go around |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : trainee |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 79 flight time total : 178 flight time type : 42 |
| ASRS Report | 126341 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
After 2 touch and go's at vrb, we proceeded southwest in order to find ceilings that would permit commercial maneuvers. After performing a VMC demonstration, vysl and instrument steep turns, I was instructed to proceed back to vrb under the hood. My instrument informed me that we were over hibiscus airport, and that I should contact vrb and obtain clearance to land. Shortly after the clearance was issued, I performed the prelndg checklist, at which time I checked the gear-up warning horn and mentioned that the gear should be extended on the base. As we approached the airport my instrument was providing me with headings and altitude instructions similar to those issued in a PAR approach. I might add that there was no published instrument approach for this runway and that I was totally relying on my instrument for information concerning our position in relation to the field. At no time did my instrument inform me of which segment of the fabricated approach we were on. As we descended I discovered that my instrument was expecting me to perform a simulated category 3 landing. At the T/D altitude, I heard a scraping sound and at that point my instrument had realized that the gear was up and he took the controls and went around and landed safely. After landing we saw that the left propeller was damaged and neither myself or my instrument remember hearing or seeing the gear warning indicator. This problem could have been eliminated if the 141 training syllabus was followed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GA SMA TWIN ON TRAINING FLT MADE GEAR UP APCH UNTIL PROPELLER STRUCK RWY, THEN COMPLETED A GO AROUND TO NORMAL LNDG.
Narrative: AFTER 2 TOUCH AND GO'S AT VRB, WE PROCEEDED SW IN ORDER TO FIND CEILINGS THAT WOULD PERMIT COMMERCIAL MANEUVERS. AFTER PERFORMING A VMC DEMO, VYSL AND INSTRUMENT STEEP TURNS, I WAS INSTRUCTED TO PROCEED BACK TO VRB UNDER THE HOOD. MY INSTR INFORMED ME THAT WE WERE OVER HIBISCUS ARPT, AND THAT I SHOULD CONTACT VRB AND OBTAIN CLRNC TO LAND. SHORTLY AFTER THE CLRNC WAS ISSUED, I PERFORMED THE PRELNDG CHKLIST, AT WHICH TIME I CHKED THE GEAR-UP WARNING HORN AND MENTIONED THAT THE GEAR SHOULD BE EXTENDED ON THE BASE. AS WE APCHED THE ARPT MY INSTR WAS PROVIDING ME WITH HDGS AND ALT INSTRUCTIONS SIMILAR TO THOSE ISSUED IN A PAR APCH. I MIGHT ADD THAT THERE WAS NO PUBLISHED INSTRUMENT APCH FOR THIS RWY AND THAT I WAS TOTALLY RELYING ON MY INSTR FOR INFO CONCERNING OUR POS IN RELATION TO THE FIELD. AT NO TIME DID MY INSTR INFORM ME OF WHICH SEGMENT OF THE FABRICATED APCH WE WERE ON. AS WE DSNDED I DISCOVERED THAT MY INSTR WAS EXPECTING ME TO PERFORM A SIMULATED CATEGORY 3 LNDG. AT THE T/D ALT, I HEARD A SCRAPING SOUND AND AT THAT POINT MY INSTR HAD REALIZED THAT THE GEAR WAS UP AND HE TOOK THE CONTROLS AND WENT AROUND AND LANDED SAFELY. AFTER LNDG WE SAW THAT THE LEFT PROP WAS DAMAGED AND NEITHER MYSELF OR MY INSTR REMEMBER HEARING OR SEEING THE GEAR WARNING INDICATOR. THIS PROB COULD HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED IF THE 141 TRNING SYLLABUS WAS FOLLOWED.
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.