A mooney 20L on landing had propeller strike due to failure to lower the landing gear and executed a...

Attributes
ACN	377219
Time
Date	199708
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bjc
State Reference	CO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	M-20 L
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : go around landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	377219
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : passenger
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical conflict : ground less severe non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Went to airport to meet instructor for recurrency training in aircraft in which I had previously logged about 15 hours. Instructor failed to show. I called instructor at home. He had misunderstood/forgot appointment, but encouraged me to complete recurrency by doing 3 touch and goes. My 7 yr old son was with me, but because of desire to complete flight, I flew with passenger without being current. On second landing, I became distracted with outside traffic (4 other aircraft in pattern) and failed to extend gear. Gear horn failed to sound or was not loud enough to be heard with headsets on. Propeller tip contacted runway, tinny noise caused me to realize gear was not extended. Sufficient airspeed was available to abort landing. Engine responded normally and a go around executed without further incident. Bottom line -- I don't think passenger contributed to propeller strike -- although it was a bad idea and not what I wanted or should have done. I do believe a gear warning horn which had been heard would've prevented propeller strike. Isn't prevention better than an incident?

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A MOONEY 20L ON LNDG HAD PROP STRIKE DUE TO FAILURE TO LOWER THE LNDG GEAR AND EXECUTED A GAR.

Narrative: WENT TO ARPT TO MEET INSTRUCTOR FOR RECURRENCY TRAINING IN ACFT IN WHICH I HAD PREVIOUSLY LOGGED ABOUT 15 HRS. INSTRUCTOR FAILED TO SHOW. I CALLED INSTRUCTOR AT HOME. HE HAD MISUNDERSTOOD/FORGOT APPOINTMENT, BUT ENCOURAGED ME TO COMPLETE RECURRENCY BY DOING 3 TOUCH AND GOES. MY 7 YR OLD SON WAS WITH ME, BUT BECAUSE OF DESIRE TO COMPLETE FLT, I FLEW WITH PAX WITHOUT BEING CURRENT. ON SECOND LNDG, I BECAME DISTRACTED WITH OUTSIDE TFC (4 OTHER ACFT IN PATTERN) AND FAILED TO EXTEND GEAR. GEAR HORN FAILED TO SOUND OR WAS NOT LOUD ENOUGH TO BE HEARD WITH HEADSETS ON. PROP TIP CONTACTED RWY, TINNY NOISE CAUSED ME TO REALIZE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. SUFFICIENT AIRSPD WAS AVAILABLE TO ABORT LNDG. ENG RESPONDED NORMALLY AND A GAR EXECUTED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. BOTTOM LINE -- I DON'T THINK PAX CONTRIBUTED TO PROP STRIKE -- ALTHOUGH IT WAS A BAD IDEA AND NOT WHAT I WANTED OR SHOULD HAVE DONE. I DO BELIEVE A GEAR WARNING HORN WHICH HAD BEEN HEARD WOULD'VE PREVENTED PROP STRIKE. ISN'T PREVENTION BETTER THAN AN INCIDENT?

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.

A mooney 20L on landing had propeller strike due to failure to lower the landing gear and executed a go around.