The pilot of a lake 200 amphibian lands gear up on a runway. The pilot was on an instruction ride during a meeting with other lake operators and he, in part, blames the instructor pilot for distracting him with suggestions about landing gear use.

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Attributes
ACN	360080
Time
Date	199702
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 2rr
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	LA-4-200 Buccaneer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 1300 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	360080
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

An instructor, at a lake fly-in, and I went up for several hours of dual. Upon a land landing, we approached with gear up on final. We were doing a short field landing and never dropped gear despite the hard surface landing. Who: 2 very seasoned pilots. Why: training (verbal) took place through the entire pattern downwind/base/final/landing. Suggestions of dropping the gear upon final versus on downwind were recommended due to the increased glide distance with gear up. Trying to pay attention to the instructor and making changes to my normal routine such as dropping gear on final created the situation. Strong suggestions: 1) instructors should be totally quiet while in pattern except for possible safety reasons. 2) instructors should not try to note a change in a pilot's routines with opinionated views such as when to drop the gear. Possibly after completion of flight suggesting these opinions, but not in-flight. It tempts a pilot to change a routine on the fly adding to possible and likely mistakes. P.south. I still feel recurrent training to be a must for all good pilots.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: THE PLT OF A LAKE 200 AMPHIBIAN LANDS GEAR UP ON A RWY. THE PLT WAS ON AN INSTRUCTION RIDE DURING A MEETING WITH OTHER LAKE OPERATORS AND HE, IN PART, BLAMES THE INSTRUCTOR PLT FOR DISTRACTING HIM WITH SUGGESTIONS ABOUT LNDG GEAR USE.

Narrative: AN INSTRUCTOR, AT A LAKE FLY-IN, AND I WENT UP FOR SEVERAL HRS OF DUAL. UPON A LAND LNDG, WE APCHED WITH GEAR UP ON FINAL. WE WERE DOING A SHORT FIELD LNDG AND NEVER DROPPED GEAR DESPITE THE HARD SURFACE LNDG. WHO: 2 VERY SEASONED PLTS. WHY: TRAINING (VERBAL) TOOK PLACE THROUGH THE ENTIRE PATTERN DOWNWIND/BASE/FINAL/LNDG. SUGGESTIONS OF DROPPING THE GEAR UPON FINAL VERSUS ON DOWNWIND WERE RECOMMENDED DUE TO THE INCREASED GLIDE DISTANCE WITH GEAR UP. TRYING TO PAY ATTN TO THE INSTRUCTOR AND MAKING CHANGES TO MY NORMAL ROUTINE SUCH AS DROPPING GEAR ON FINAL CREATED THE SIT. STRONG SUGGESTIONS: 1) INSTRUCTORS SHOULD BE TOTALLY QUIET WHILE IN PATTERN EXCEPT FOR POSSIBLE SAFETY REASONS. 2) INSTRUCTORS SHOULD NOT TRY TO NOTE A CHANGE IN A PLT'S ROUTINES WITH OPINIONATED VIEWS SUCH AS WHEN TO DROP THE GEAR. POSSIBLY AFTER COMPLETION OF FLT SUGGESTING THESE OPINIONS, BUT NOT INFLT. IT TEMPTS A PLT TO CHANGE A ROUTINE ON THE FLY ADDING TO POSSIBLE AND LIKELY MISTAKES. P.S. I STILL FEEL RECURRENT TRAINING TO BE A MUST FOR ALL GOOD PLTS.

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.