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Attributes | |
ACN | 177161 |
Time | |
Date | 199104 |
Day | Mon |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : x41 |
State Reference | FL |
Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | tower : bos |
Operator | general aviation : personal |
Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear |
Flight Phase | landing other other |
Flight Plan | None |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | Other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot instruction : trainee |
Qualification | pilot : private pilot : instrument |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 37 flight time total : 1800 flight time type : 800 |
ASRS Report | 177161 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | Other |
Function | instruction : instructor oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 3300 flight time type : 110 |
ASRS Report | 177383 |
Events | |
Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure 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:
Practicing soft field landing with CFI in right seat. Had gear override switch engaged to prevent premature gear deployment. No horn sounded. Both pilot and CFI became distracted by slower small aircraft Y doing pattern work in front of us. I failed to use written checklist. Tried to rely on verbal gump, which I failed to do on this landing. Supplemental information from acn 177383: I was giving commercial instruction to a 1500 hour private pilot in his own single engine small aircraft. On the fourth approach the pilot did not put the gear down and I did not notice it, nor did I notice that he had disabled the automatic gear lowering function. We were both shocked when the aircraft touched down with the gear up. There were no injuries and the only damage observed other than the bent propeller was minor skin damage to the nose gear doors, flaps and step.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT LAND GEAR UP.
Narrative: PRACTICING SOFT FIELD LNDG WITH CFI IN RIGHT SEAT. HAD GEAR OVERRIDE SWITCH ENGAGED TO PREVENT PREMATURE GEAR DEPLOYMENT. NO HORN SOUNDED. BOTH PLT AND CFI BECAME DISTRACTED BY SLOWER SMA Y DOING PATTERN WORK IN FRONT OF US. I FAILED TO USE WRITTEN CHKLIST. TRIED TO RELY ON VERBAL GUMP, WHICH I FAILED TO DO ON THIS LNDG. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 177383: I WAS GIVING COMMERCIAL INSTRUCTION TO A 1500 HR PVT PLT IN HIS OWN SINGLE ENG SMA. ON THE FOURTH APCH THE PLT DID NOT PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND I DID NOT NOTICE IT, NOR DID I NOTICE THAT HE HAD DISABLED THE AUTOMATIC GEAR LOWERING FUNCTION. WE WERE BOTH SHOCKED WHEN THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE GEAR UP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE ONLY DAMAGE OBSERVED OTHER THAN THE BENT PROP WAS MINOR SKIN DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS, FLAPS AND STEP.
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.