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An small transport nearly landed wheels up when trying to comply with a high speed approach to stay ahead of a following air carrier large transport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 242534 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199305 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lga |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1100 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lga |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : go around landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| ASRS Report | 242534 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
The aircraft was cleared for approach runway 22 lga ILS, being followed by large transport. Lga tower radio xmissions were apparently intermittent and garbled. Pilot elected to maintain airspeed on final and didn't extend gear until approximately 1100 ft MSL. Passing over approach lights, pilot turned landing lights on and none illuminated (gear must be down). Pilot checked gear lights and then initiated go around. During go around the aircraft settled to ground causing very minor damage to flaps and strobe lens. The small transport gear speed is (130 KTS). These hi density airports constantly request pilots to maintain 160 KTS on final. The problem is that pilots try to work with controllers and get pressured and rushed. When they really should just fly the aircraft as trained to. It is unrealistic to sequence jet aircraft and small piston aircraft to minimum separation standards on rainy, windy, days. Aircraft should be sequenced as their performance dictates.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN SMT NEARLY LANDED WHEELS UP WHEN TRYING TO COMPLY WITH A HIGH SPD APCH TO STAY AHEAD OF A FOLLOWING ACR LGT.
Narrative: THE ACFT WAS CLRED FOR APCH RWY 22 LGA ILS, BEING FOLLOWED BY LGT. LGA TWR RADIO XMISSIONS WERE APPARENTLY INTERMITTENT AND GARBLED. PLT ELECTED TO MAINTAIN AIRSPD ON FINAL AND DIDN'T EXTEND GEAR UNTIL APPROX 1100 FT MSL. PASSING OVER APCH LIGHTS, PLT TURNED LNDG LIGHTS ON AND NONE ILLUMINATED (GEAR MUST BE DOWN). PLT CHKED GEAR LIGHTS AND THEN INITIATED GAR. DURING GAR THE ACFT SETTLED TO GND CAUSING VERY MINOR DAMAGE TO FLAPS AND STROBE LENS. THE SMT GEAR SPD IS (130 KTS). THESE HI DENSITY ARPTS CONSTANTLY REQUEST PLTS TO MAINTAIN 160 KTS ON FINAL. THE PROB IS THAT PLTS TRY TO WORK WITH CTLRS AND GET PRESSURED AND RUSHED. WHEN THEY REALLY SHOULD JUST FLY THE ACFT AS TRAINED TO. IT IS UNREALISTIC TO SEQUENCE JET ACFT AND SMALL PISTON ACFT TO MINIMUM SEPARATION STANDARDS ON RAINY, WINDY, DAYS. ACFT SHOULD BE SEQUENCED AS THEIR PERFORMANCE DICTATES.
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.