Gear up landing. - NASA ASRS

Attributes
ACN	316642
Time
Date	199509
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lee
State Reference	FL
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 : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 1000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	316642
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	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:

Landed aircraft with the gear up. Remember doing gump. Saw green light for gear. Did not look out the window to see that gear was extended. I flared, then made ground contact. No fire or injuries. I was the sole person aboard. There was no collateral damage. The aircraft suffered bent propellers and skin damage on the belly. Comment there was other aircraft in the pattern. Looking for them I may have become distracted. I had the gear cycled after the accident, and it lowered properly. I assume therefore it was my error in not double-checking via a visual on the gear that it was down.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GEAR UP LNDG.

Narrative: LANDED ACFT WITH THE GEAR UP. REMEMBER DOING GUMP. SAW GREEN LIGHT FOR GEAR. DID NOT LOOK OUT THE WINDOW TO SEE THAT GEAR WAS EXTENDED. I FLARED, THEN MADE GND CONTACT. NO FIRE OR INJURIES. I WAS THE SOLE PERSON ABOARD. THERE WAS NO COLLATERAL DAMAGE. THE ACFT SUFFERED BENT PROPS AND SKIN DAMAGE ON THE BELLY. COMMENT THERE WAS OTHER ACFT IN THE PATTERN. LOOKING FOR THEM I MAY HAVE BECOME DISTRACTED. I HAD THE GEAR CYCLED AFTER THE ACCIDENT, AND IT LOWERED PROPERLY. I ASSUME THEREFORE IT WAS MY ERROR IN NOT DOUBLE-CHKING VIA A VISUAL ON THE GEAR THAT IT WAS DOWN.

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.