Instructor and student forget to extend landing gear prior to landing.

Attributes
ACN	161618
Time
Date	199010
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lou
State Reference	KY
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, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 82 flight time total : 10200 flight time type : 116
ASRS Report	161618
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence other 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:

We were landing right at sunset, and experience a rush of traffic all trying to land prior to sunset. We were given traffic less than 1 mi from our position as we were getting set up to land on runway 6 at lou. We also were issued traffic at our 12 O'clock on a left base to 6WY 6, which we were to follow. The student had difficulty locating this traffic. By this time we were 2 mi out on final when the student went through a gump check, fuel pumps on, gear down we thought, and flaps down. I then went through a gump which is my standard procedure to back up the student. The situation was hectic due to excessive traffic and in spite of good habit patterns the aircraft was landed gear up. I feel this situation was aggravated by distraction caused by excessive traffic at the airport all trying to land prior to sunset. The tower could not see the position of the gear due to the position of the sun angle. ATC could have helped sort this out in a better manner than they did, and prevented this incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT FORGET TO EXTEND LNDG GEAR PRIOR TO LNDG.

Narrative: WE WERE LNDG RIGHT AT SUNSET, AND EXPERIENCE A RUSH OF TFC ALL TRYING TO LAND PRIOR TO SUNSET. WE WERE GIVEN TFC LESS THAN 1 MI FROM OUR POS AS WE WERE GETTING SET UP TO LAND ON RWY 6 AT LOU. WE ALSO WERE ISSUED TFC AT OUR 12 O'CLOCK ON A LEFT BASE TO 6WY 6, WHICH WE WERE TO FOLLOW. THE STUDENT HAD DIFFICULTY LOCATING THIS TFC. BY THIS TIME WE WERE 2 MI OUT ON FINAL WHEN THE STUDENT WENT THROUGH A GUMP CHK, FUEL PUMPS ON, GEAR DOWN WE THOUGHT, AND FLAPS DOWN. I THEN WENT THROUGH A GUMP WHICH IS MY STANDARD PROC TO BACK UP THE STUDENT. THE SITUATION WAS HECTIC DUE TO EXCESSIVE TFC AND IN SPITE OF GOOD HABIT PATTERNS THE ACFT WAS LANDED GEAR UP. I FEEL THIS SITUATION WAS AGGRAVATED BY DISTR CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE TFC AT THE ARPT ALL TRYING TO LAND PRIOR TO SUNSET. THE TWR COULD NOT SEE THE POS OF THE GEAR DUE TO THE POS OF THE SUN ANGLE. ATC COULD HAVE HELPED SORT THIS OUT IN A BETTER MANNER THAN THEY DID, AND PREVENTED THIS INCIDENT.

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.