Gear up landing. - NASA ASRS

Attributes
ACN	149081
Time
Date	199006
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hpn
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 590 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	149081
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Tired pilot returning to white plains from hanscom field, boston. Pilot missed gear in checklist routine. Was watching for other landing traffic, though congestion was not a factor. Set up final and did ot check for gear down. New yoke board on yoke blocked pilot's view of landing gear lights, so normal reminder did not register. Gear warning horn did not sound until just before T/D. Major cause: pilot error.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GEAR UP LNDG.

Narrative: TIRED PLT RETURNING TO WHITE PLAINS FROM HANSCOM FIELD, BOSTON. PLT MISSED GEAR IN CHKLIST ROUTINE. WAS WATCHING FOR OTHER LNDG TFC, THOUGH CONGESTION WAS NOT A FACTOR. SET UP FINAL AND DID OT CHK FOR GEAR DOWN. NEW YOKE BOARD ON YOKE BLOCKED PLT'S VIEW OF LNDG GEAR LIGHTS, SO NORMAL REMINDER DID NOT REGISTER. GEAR WARNING HORN DID NOT SOUND UNTIL JUST BEFORE T/D. MAJOR CAUSE: PLT ERROR.

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.