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Private pilot, training for his commercial, with an instructor, the first time in a retractable gear aircraft, landed gear up!
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 294437 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199501 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : f87 |
| State Reference | LA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : mgm |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : trainee |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 43 flight time total : 500 flight time type : 0 |
| ASRS Report | 294437 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I was receiving flight instruction toward my commercial ticket. This was my first flight in this make and model (c- 172RG). The winds were strong and gusting. Miu TRSA had reported gusts up to 26 mph earlier. I had trouble with the first touch-and-go because of the winds. So the instructor took the controls to demonstrate a proper pattern (close) and landing. He had some difficulty with his landing because of the wind. I made the next takeoff and was flying a pattern like the instructor demonstrated, but with difficulty due to the winds. I flew the approach tight and hot and at 50 ft on final, I pulled the power off (the gear horn didn't sound) and landed with the gear retracted and skidded down the runway until the aircraft came to rest. Factors: the wind was too turbulent for training. Also, it caused me to become focused on my approach instead of procedure. If it had not been a training flight, normally I would have flown a wide pattern and long final, so I wouldn't be busy the entire approach. The gear horn which worked earlier, didn't on that landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PVT PLT, TRAINING FOR HIS COMMERCIAL, WITH AN INSTRUCTOR, THE FIRST TIME IN A RETRACTABLE GEAR ACFT, LANDED GEAR UP!
Narrative: I WAS RECEIVING FLT INSTRUCTION TOWARD MY COMMERCIAL TICKET. THIS WAS MY FIRST FLT IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL (C- 172RG). THE WINDS WERE STRONG AND GUSTING. MIU TRSA HAD RPTED GUSTS UP TO 26 MPH EARLIER. I HAD TROUBLE WITH THE FIRST TOUCH-AND-GO BECAUSE OF THE WINDS. SO THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE CTLS TO DEMONSTRATE A PROPER PATTERN (CLOSE) AND LNDG. HE HAD SOME DIFFICULTY WITH HIS LNDG BECAUSE OF THE WIND. I MADE THE NEXT TKOF AND WAS FLYING A PATTERN LIKE THE INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATED, BUT WITH DIFFICULTY DUE TO THE WINDS. I FLEW THE APCH TIGHT AND HOT AND AT 50 FT ON FINAL, I PULLED THE PWR OFF (THE GEAR HORN DIDN'T SOUND) AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED AND SKIDDED DOWN THE RWY UNTIL THE ACFT CAME TO REST. FACTORS: THE WIND WAS TOO TURBULENT FOR TRAINING. ALSO, IT CAUSED ME TO BECOME FOCUSED ON MY APCH INSTEAD OF PROC. IF IT HAD NOT BEEN A TRAINING FLT, NORMALLY I WOULD HAVE FLOWN A WIDE PATTERN AND LONG FINAL, SO I WOULDN'T BE BUSY THE ENTIRE APCH. THE GEAR HORN WHICH WORKED EARLIER, DIDN'T ON THAT 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.