Gear up landing. - NASA ASRS

Attributes
ACN	306385
Time
Date	199505
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 3m0
State Reference	AR
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : private pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 486 flight time type : 73
ASRS Report	306385
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Contributing factor, first time to airport. As I was turning from downwind to left base I did not want to drop the landing gear until I had passed over span wire that crosses over the base leg. After crossing over the span wire I looked down field at the runway and noticed people on the field flying radio controled planes. I continued my downward descent onto final ensuring that there would be plenty of separation between myself and those on the field. I continued down into ground effect at which time the alarm went off as I made contact with the ground. Then realizing that the landing gear had not been cycled.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GEAR UP LNDG.

Narrative: CONTRIBUTING FACTOR, FIRST TIME TO ARPT. AS I WAS TURNING FROM DOWNWIND TO L BASE I DID NOT WANT TO DROP THE LNDG GEAR UNTIL I HAD PASSED OVER SPAN WIRE THAT CROSSES OVER THE BASE LEG. AFTER XING OVER THE SPAN WIRE I LOOKED DOWN FIELD AT THE RWY AND NOTICED PEOPLE ON THE FIELD FLYING RADIO CTLED PLANES. I CONTINUED MY DOWNWARD DSCNT ONTO FINAL ENSURING THAT THERE WOULD BE PLENTY OF SEPARATION BTWN MYSELF AND THOSE ON THE FIELD. I CONTINUED DOWN INTO GND EFFECT AT WHICH TIME THE ALARM WENT OFF AS I MADE CONTACT WITH THE GND. THEN REALIZING THAT THE LNDG GEAR HAD NOT BEEN CYCLED.

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.