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Attributes | |
ACN | 1651157 |
Time | |
Date | 201905 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Bonanza 35 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Landing |
Route In Use | Direct Visual Approach |
Flight Plan | None |
Component | |
Aircraft Component | Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism |
Person 1 | |
Function | Single Pilot |
Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 36 Flight Crew Total 556 Flight Crew Type 210 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Ground Event / Encounter Gear Up Landing |
Narrative:
I was approaching to land at my home airport; in my personal aircraft. ZZZ is a private grass airstrip. I was flying by myself. While downwind to runway xx; I lowered the landing gear. I then lowered the flaps. On final approach; I do not remember checking the green gear down light. I realized the gear was not down when the plane slid to a stop on the undercarriage. A contributing factor was that the gear warning horn was not implemented in the audio panel due to the age of the aircraft. Since I was wearing noise canceling headsets; I was not able to hear the gear warning horn. I had also been training with an instructor (co-pilot) and became complacent with him helping with gear and other safety checks. Should I own or fly a complex aircraft in the future; I will make sure the gear warning horn is implemented in the audio panel or not wear noise canceling headsets. I will also confirm (reconfirm) on final approach that the gear down light(s) is illuminated.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE35 pilot reported not checking gear down position resulting in a gear up landing.
Narrative: I was approaching to land at my home airport; in my personal aircraft. ZZZ is a private grass airstrip. I was flying by myself. While downwind to runway XX; I lowered the landing gear. I then lowered the flaps. On final approach; I do not remember checking the green gear down light. I realized the gear was not down when the plane slid to a stop on the undercarriage. A contributing factor was that the gear warning horn was not implemented in the audio panel due to the age of the aircraft. Since I was wearing noise canceling headsets; I was not able to hear the gear warning horn. I had also been training with an instructor (co-pilot) and became complacent with him helping with gear and other safety checks. Should I own or fly a complex aircraft in the future; I will make sure the gear warning horn is implemented in the audio panel or NOT wear noise canceling headsets. I will also confirm (reconfirm) on final approach that the gear down light(s) is illuminated.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.