<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1667020, July 2019

GA pilot reported observing another aircraft on approach to landing with gear retracted; and making radio calls warning approaching aircraft that gear was not down.

Attributes
ACN	1667020
Time
Date	201907
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-44 Seminole/Turbo Seminole
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	PA-28R Cherokee Arrow All Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Person 1
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Our airplane landed runway xx and was taxiing back when I first heard the call from a piper arrow; reporting right base for xy. Someone else on the CTAF asked him to say again since winds and other aircraft in the pattern all favored runway xx. He repeated 'right base for xy'; then thought better of it and reported 'right base for xx'. Another aircraft came in and landed; then I saw the arrow; and was waiting for him to land before taking the active runway. While holding short; I saw the arrow did not have his gear down; and said 'gear'. The aircraft appeared to continue the approach; so I said again; 'gear down.' the aircraft then executed a missed approach. When other aircraft in the pattern queried his whereabouts later; he reported departing to the northwest.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA pilot reported observing another aircraft on approach to landing with gear retracted; and making radio calls warning approaching aircraft that gear was not down.

Narrative: Our airplane landed runway XX and was taxiing back when I first heard the call from a Piper Arrow; reporting right base for XY. Someone else on the CTAF asked him to say again since winds and other aircraft in the pattern all favored RWY XX. He repeated 'Right Base for XY'; then thought better of it and reported 'Right base for XX'. Another aircraft came in and landed; then I saw the Arrow; and was waiting for him to land before taking the active runway. While holding short; I saw the Arrow did not have his gear down; and said 'Gear'. The aircraft appeared to continue the approach; so I said again; 'Gear Down.' The aircraft then executed a missed approach. When other aircraft in the pattern queried his whereabouts later; he reported departing to the northwest.

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.