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During an insurance required chkout, small aircraft light twin engine aircraft was landed gear-up resulting in minor damage to the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 211492 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199205 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tdf |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 2 Eng, Retractable Gear |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 120 |
| ASRS Report | 211492 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : trainee |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
During an insurance chkout in the small aircraft aircraft the following occurred. Pilot a was a commercial smel instrument rated pilot sitting in left seat while pilot B was an ATP rated pilot with smel endorsements acting as PIC. On the final takeoff, pilot B pulled left engine mixture control to cutoff while the aircraft was at about 100 ft altitude and with 95-100 mph airspeed. Pilot B did not observe pilot a raising gear at same time as mixture was moved to cutoff by pilot B. The aircraft yawed to left and pilot B restored mixture control to rich. Pilot a retarded both throttles and elected to land straight ahead on the runway which appeared to have ample length to land and stop. Pilot B concurred that aircraft could be landed in distance of remaining runway. There was no time to ascertain the status of gear and aircraft was landed on belly, coming to rest at about 3500 point of 5000 ft runway. Both propellers were damaged and the fuselage incurred minimal belly damage. The aircraft was jacked up, gear was extended, and towed off the runway to a hangar.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DURING AN INSURANCE REQUIRED CHKOUT, SMA LIGHT TWIN ENG ACFT WAS LANDED GEAR-UP RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ACFT.
Narrative: DURING AN INSURANCE CHKOUT IN THE SMA ACFT THE FOLLOWING OCCURRED. PLT A WAS A COMMERCIAL SMEL INST RATED PLT SITTING IN L SEAT WHILE PLT B WAS AN ATP RATED PLT WITH SMEL ENDORSEMENTS ACTING AS PIC. ON THE FINAL TKOF, PLT B PULLED L ENG MIXTURE CTL TO CUTOFF WHILE THE ACFT WAS AT ABOUT 100 FT ALT AND WITH 95-100 MPH AIRSPD. PLT B DID NOT OBSERVE PLT A RAISING GEAR AT SAME TIME AS MIXTURE WAS MOVED TO CUTOFF BY PLT B. THE ACFT YAWED TO L AND PLT B RESTORED MIXTURE CTL TO RICH. PLT A RETARDED BOTH THROTTLES AND ELECTED TO LAND STRAIGHT AHEAD ON THE RWY WHICH APPEARED TO HAVE AMPLE LENGTH TO LAND AND STOP. PLT B CONCURRED THAT ACFT COULD BE LANDED IN DISTANCE OF REMAINING RWY. THERE WAS NO TIME TO ASCERTAIN THE STATUS OF GEAR AND ACFT WAS LANDED ON BELLY, COMING TO REST AT ABOUT 3500 POINT OF 5000 FT RWY. BOTH PROPS WERE DAMAGED AND THE FUSELAGE INCURRED MINIMAL BELLY DAMAGE. THE ACFT WAS JACKED UP, GEAR WAS EXTENDED, AND TOWED OFF THE RWY TO A HANGAR.
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.