Narrative:

Near gear-up landing. I had just completed a complex recurrency chkout in small aircraft with my flight instrument. He got out of plane on ramp. I was to do a few touch and go lndgs (while he watched). I took off on runway 20, the normal at hvn. On climb out the tower advised of wind shift from south to southeast, and runway change from 20 to 14. I now had to fly right downwind for 14, an unfamiliar runway with a displaced threshold and no VASI lights, instead of the familiar left downwind for runway 20. Reorienting and flying the pattern for runway 14 so preoccupied me that I did not do a landing checklist and did not put the gear down. I carried sufficient power on final, approach speed 90 mph,that the gear warning light did not O on. When power was pulled back completely, 10' AGL, gear warning light, tower go around command, and contact with ground occurred almost instantaneously. Full power was applied and I landed safely on go around. 2 factors contributed to this lack of time in the aircraft. First, the plane had been out of commission for 4 months, due to a landing accident. Second, a lack of understanding or communication with my instrument put off recurrent training for months. This poor relationship with my instrument goes back nearly yrs. It is in this environment of waiting and anticipation that my medical expired at the end of 10/89. This near gear-up flight was my first and only west/O a current medical. I had been ready to fly for so long that time had become compressed and I lost track of it. My medical will become current again on 12/89.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: POTENTIAL GEAR UP LNDG AS WARNING HORN AND TWR ALERT PLT 10' ABOVE RWY THAT GEAR IS NOT EXTENDED. TOOK FLT WITHOUT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE BEING IN DATE.

Narrative: NEAR GEAR-UP LNDG. I HAD JUST COMPLETED A COMPLEX RECURRENCY CHKOUT IN SMA WITH MY FLT INSTR. HE GOT OUT OF PLANE ON RAMP. I WAS TO DO A FEW TOUCH AND GO LNDGS (WHILE HE WATCHED). I TOOK OFF ON RWY 20, THE NORMAL AT HVN. ON CLBOUT THE TWR ADVISED OF WIND SHIFT FROM S TO SE, AND RWY CHANGE FROM 20 TO 14. I NOW HAD TO FLY RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR 14, AN UNFAMILIAR RWY WITH A DISPLACED THRESHOLD AND NO VASI LIGHTS, INSTEAD OF THE FAMILIAR LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RWY 20. REORIENTING AND FLYING THE PATTERN FOR RWY 14 SO PREOCCUPIED ME THAT I DID NOT DO A LNDG CHKLIST AND DID NOT PUT THE GEAR DOWN. I CARRIED SUFFICIENT PWR ON FINAL, APCH SPD 90 MPH,THAT THE GEAR WARNING LIGHT DID NOT O ON. WHEN PWR WAS PULLED BACK COMPLETELY, 10' AGL, GEAR WARNING LIGHT, TWR GAR COMMAND, AND CONTACT WITH GND OCCURRED ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY. FULL PWR WAS APPLIED AND I LANDED SAFELY ON GAR. 2 FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS LACK OF TIME IN THE ACFT. FIRST, THE PLANE HAD BEEN OUT OF COMMISSION FOR 4 MONTHS, DUE TO A LNDG ACCIDENT. SECOND, A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OR COM WITH MY INSTR PUT OFF RECURRENT TRNING FOR MONTHS. THIS POOR RELATIONSHIP WITH MY INSTR GOES BACK NEARLY YRS. IT IS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT OF WAITING AND ANTICIPATION THAT MY MEDICAL EXPIRED AT THE END OF 10/89. THIS NEAR GEAR-UP FLT WAS MY FIRST AND ONLY W/O A CURRENT MEDICAL. I HAD BEEN READY TO FLY FOR SO LONG THAT TIME HAD BECOME COMPRESSED AND I LOST TRACK OF IT. MY MEDICAL WILL BECOME CURRENT AGAIN ON 12/89.

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.