Cargo carrying atx small aircraft lands gear up at udd.

Attributes
ACN	138762
Time
Date	199003
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : udd
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 1800 flight time type : 250
ASRS Report	138762
Person 2
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 1800 flight time type : 250
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

This accident/incident is a result of my failure to place the landing gear down prior to landing. While I take full responsibility for my error, I feel that there were several factors which contributed to this incident. They are listed as follows: 1) the organization for which I was employed put constant pressure on its employees/pilots to arrive depart airports at specified times which were predicated on being able to operate an aircraft under unrealistic/ideal circumstances. (VFR WX conditions, flying direct routes under 'no wind' and ideal aircraft performance conditions). 2) having received training from this organization which placed minimal importance on the use of a checklist in order to save time and expedite operations. (According to the training I received from this company, a checklist was not a document which should be read item by item after each function was performed, but rather a 'review list' which should only be referred to to confirm that each item had already been completed. 3) allowing myself to become distracted from making sure the 'before landing' checklist had been completed, as opposed to merely looking at it and believing each item had been completed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CARGO CARRYING ATX SMA LANDS GEAR UP AT UDD.

Narrative: THIS ACCIDENT/INCIDENT IS A RESULT OF MY FAILURE TO PLACE THE LNDG GEAR DOWN PRIOR TO LNDG. WHILE I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY ERROR, I FEEL THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THIS INCIDENT. THEY ARE LISTED AS FOLLOWS: 1) THE ORGANIZATION FOR WHICH I WAS EMPLOYED PUT CONSTANT PRESSURE ON ITS EMPLOYEES/PLTS TO ARRIVE DEPART ARPTS AT SPECIFIED TIMES WHICH WERE PREDICATED ON BEING ABLE TO OPERATE AN ACFT UNDER UNREALISTIC/IDEAL CIRCUMSTANCES. (VFR WX CONDITIONS, FLYING DIRECT ROUTES UNDER 'NO WIND' AND IDEAL ACFT PERFORMANCE CONDITIONS). 2) HAVING RECEIVED TRAINING FROM THIS ORGANIZATION WHICH PLACED MINIMAL IMPORTANCE ON THE USE OF A CHECKLIST IN ORDER TO SAVE TIME AND EXPEDITE OPERATIONS. (ACCORDING TO THE TRAINING I RECEIVED FROM THIS COMPANY, A CHECKLIST WAS NOT A DOCUMENT WHICH SHOULD BE READ ITEM BY ITEM AFTER EACH FUNCTION WAS PERFORMED, BUT RATHER A 'REVIEW LIST' WHICH SHOULD ONLY BE REFERRED TO TO CONFIRM THAT EACH ITEM HAD ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. 3) ALLOWING MYSELF TO BECOME DISTRACTED FROM MAKING SURE THE 'BEFORE LNDG' CHECKLIST HAD BEEN COMPLETED, AS OPPOSED TO MERELY LOOKING AT IT AND BELIEVING EACH ITEM HAD BEEN COMPLETED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.