Small transport lands gear up.

Attributes
ACN	308641
Time
Date	199506
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : i78
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 20
ASRS Report	308641
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : passenger
Qualification	pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Aircraft's go around capability was demonstrated and the traffic pattern was re-entered in the landing confign. The plan was to leave the gear down for the pattern. Several other aircraft in the pattern required a high level of communication and scanning. Pattern was adjusted (wider and extended). Because of flight over the city, the gear was retracted to reduce power required (noise considerations). Although the original plan to leave the gear down was deviated from, no new plan was formulated to re-complete the written pre-landing checklist. On short final, I was distracted by the passenger who was questioning whether or not there was an aircraft on the runway. (There was not). This caused sufficient distraction to miss my normal short final gear down check. (As well as the written before landing checklist which was not re- accomplished).

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMT LANDS GEAR UP.

Narrative: ACFT'S GAR CAPABILITY WAS DEMONSTRATED AND THE TFC PATTERN WAS RE-ENTERED IN THE LNDG CONFIGN. THE PLAN WAS TO LEAVE THE GEAR DOWN FOR THE PATTERN. SEVERAL OTHER ACFT IN THE PATTERN REQUIRED A HIGH LEVEL OF COM AND SCANNING. PATTERN WAS ADJUSTED (WIDER AND EXTENDED). BECAUSE OF FLT OVER THE CITY, THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED TO REDUCE PWR REQUIRED (NOISE CONSIDERATIONS). ALTHOUGH THE ORIGINAL PLAN TO LEAVE THE GEAR DOWN WAS DEVIATED FROM, NO NEW PLAN WAS FORMULATED TO RE-COMPLETE THE WRITTEN PRE-LNDG CHKLIST. ON SHORT FINAL, I WAS DISTRACTED BY THE PAX WHO WAS QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS AN ACFT ON THE RWY. (THERE WAS NOT). THIS CAUSED SUFFICIENT DISTR TO MISS MY NORMAL SHORT FINAL GEAR DOWN CHK. (AS WELL AS THE WRITTEN BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST WHICH WAS NOT RE- ACCOMPLISHED).

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.