Pilot landed gear up.

Attributes
ACN	282488
Time
Date	199409
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : tri
State Reference	TN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	PA-32 Cherokee Six/Lance/Saratoga
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 8 flight time total : 504 flight time type : 3
ASRS Report	282488
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Gear up landing in piper lance. WX conditions and cabin passenger anxiety contributing to pilot distraction. One child sick and vomiting, another child (2 yr old) crying and screaming and accompanying mother very anxious and fearful of flying even on blue bird VFR days. Descent relatively rapid and airspeed also somewhat increased and therefore gear up warning and automatic release did not engage until flare just above runway. No injuries to pilot or passenger. Plane received propeller and flap damage with minimal other damage.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT LANDED GEAR UP.

Narrative: GEAR UP LNDG IN PIPER LANCE. WX CONDITIONS AND CABIN PAX ANXIETY CONTRIBUTING TO PLT DISTR. ONE CHILD SICK AND VOMITING, ANOTHER CHILD (2 YR OLD) CRYING AND SCREAMING AND ACCOMPANYING MOTHER VERY ANXIOUS AND FEARFUL OF FLYING EVEN ON BLUE BIRD VFR DAYS. DSCNT RELATIVELY RAPID AND AIRSPD ALSO SOMEWHAT INCREASED AND THEREFORE GEAR UP WARNING AND AUTOMATIC RELEASE DID NOT ENGAGE UNTIL FLARE JUST ABOVE RWY. NO INJURIES TO PLT OR PAX. PLANE RECEIVED PROP AND FLAP DAMAGE WITH MINIMAL OTHER DAMAGE.

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.