Cpr pilot lands C414 gear up.

Attributes
ACN	306541
Time
Date	199506
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mle
State Reference	NE
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : oma
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Chancellor 414A & C414
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 3600 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	306541
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Inadvertently did not lower gear on landing. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: reporter stated that he had been held up too high for too long and when he broke out of the clouds he was directly over the airport. He had been on an IFR flight plan but changed airports and kept asking for lower. Instead he got a slam dunk and built up his speed so much that he delayed his gear on downwind to slow the aircraft more. On base to final he felt he must have a tailwind as the aircraft did not slow down. Of course the gear up confign was the problem. Reporter says he still wakes up at night to the sound of the propellers and skin noise as he slid down the runway. Aircraft was totalled partly because of delay in getting parts and the fact the aircraft would have been OTS for too long. FAA has given reporter remedial training for 3 hours in a 172RG.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CPR PLT LANDS C414 GEAR UP.

Narrative: INADVERTENTLY DID NOT LOWER GEAR ON LNDG. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: RPTR STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN HELD UP TOO HIGH FOR TOO LONG AND WHEN HE BROKE OUT OF THE CLOUDS HE WAS DIRECTLY OVER THE ARPT. HE HAD BEEN ON AN IFR FLT PLAN BUT CHANGED ARPTS AND KEPT ASKING FOR LOWER. INSTEAD HE GOT A SLAM DUNK AND BUILT UP HIS SPD SO MUCH THAT HE DELAYED HIS GEAR ON DOWNWIND TO SLOW THE ACFT MORE. ON BASE TO FINAL HE FELT HE MUST HAVE A TAILWIND AS THE ACFT DID NOT SLOW DOWN. OF COURSE THE GEAR UP CONFIGN WAS THE PROB. RPTR SAYS HE STILL WAKES UP AT NIGHT TO THE SOUND OF THE PROPS AND SKIN NOISE AS HE SLID DOWN THE RWY. ACFT WAS TOTALLED PARTLY BECAUSE OF DELAY IN GETTING PARTS AND THE FACT THE ACFT WOULD HAVE BEEN OTS FOR TOO LONG. FAA HAS GIVEN RPTR REMEDIAL TRAINING FOR 3 HRS IN A 172RG.

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.