Corporate pilot lands gear up.

Attributes
ACN	255107
Time
Date	199310
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ols airport : olz
State Reference	AZ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 4775 flight time type : 8
ASRS Report	255107
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Problem arose while landing at uncontrolled airport. Circled the field to check the wind. Engaged landing gear lever on downwind. Lever snapped into the landing gear down neutral position. Put flaps half down on base. Rolled onto final. (I thought I had 3 green lights.) just before touchdown heard a horn and glanced down. Landing gear lever was down and I thought I had 3 green lights and assumed the horn was the stall warning -- it wasn't. Contributing factors were turbulence and wind shear. Previous, landing made 40 mins earlier, 40 mi away, the wind was 22 KTS gusting to 35. Unable to raise anyone on unicom and was concerned about crosswind, wind velocity and wind shear. At the time estimated wind to be 15-20 KTS with 30 degrees crosswind and gusty. Other contributing factors were what I perceived to be the faint odor of something burning in the patterns at tucson and nogales. Another factor: sun was flooding the cockpit making everything seem brighter than usual. I was distracted by things outside the cockpit. I should have circled the field again and set up to give myself more time to go over the checklist prior to landing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CORPORATE PLT LANDS GEAR UP.

Narrative: PROB AROSE WHILE LNDG AT UNCTLED ARPT. CIRCLED THE FIELD TO CHK THE WIND. ENGAGED LNDG GEAR LEVER ON DOWNWIND. LEVER SNAPPED INTO THE LNDG GEAR DOWN NEUTRAL POS. PUT FLAPS HALF DOWN ON BASE. ROLLED ONTO FINAL. (I THOUGHT I HAD 3 GREEN LIGHTS.) JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN HEARD A HORN AND GLANCED DOWN. LNDG GEAR LEVER WAS DOWN AND I THOUGHT I HAD 3 GREEN LIGHTS AND ASSUMED THE HORN WAS THE STALL WARNING -- IT WASN'T. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE TURB AND WIND SHEAR. PREVIOUS, LNDG MADE 40 MINS EARLIER, 40 MI AWAY, THE WIND WAS 22 KTS GUSTING TO 35. UNABLE TO RAISE ANYONE ON UNICOM AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT XWIND, WIND VELOCITY AND WIND SHEAR. AT THE TIME ESTIMATED WIND TO BE 15-20 KTS WITH 30 DEGS XWIND AND GUSTY. OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE WHAT I PERCEIVED TO BE THE FAINT ODOR OF SOMETHING BURNING IN THE PATTERNS AT TUCSON AND NOGALES. ANOTHER FACTOR: SUN WAS FLOODING THE COCKPIT MAKING EVERYTHING SEEM BRIGHTER THAN USUAL. I WAS DISTRACTED BY THINGS OUTSIDE THE COCKPIT. I SHOULD HAVE CIRCLED THE FIELD AGAIN AND SET UP TO GIVE MYSELF MORE TIME TO GO OVER THE CHKLIST PRIOR TO LNDG.

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.