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Attributes | |
ACN | 403968 |
Time | |
Date | 199806 |
Day | Wed |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : x47 |
State Reference | FL |
Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | general aviation : instructional |
Make Model Name | PA-44 Seminole Turbo Seminole |
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 observation : company check pilot |
Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 68 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 430 |
ASRS Report | 403968 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | Other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot instruction : trainee |
Qualification | pilot : commercial |
Events | |
Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | other other |
Consequence | other Other |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
The flight was part of a training check for multi-engine. The pilot, in control of the plane at the time of the incident, is rated in multi-engine. A single engine approach was being conducted and upon arrival at the runway the altitude was wrong. A go around was initiated and at the same time, scraping noises came from the aircraft. The go around was continued. An assessment of possible damage was made and it was decided that it was better to fly to daytona beach international airport, as they had superior equipment in the case of an emergency. The aircraft was able to be flown with ease and a normal landing resulted in daytona. A distraction of the radio noise at uncontrolled airports momentarily had my attention and normal landing procedures were delayed. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that the reason that a go around was performed and the aircraft scraped the runway was due to not having the landing gear extended. Due radio noise distraction, reporter did not notice that the gear was not down until the aircraft was coming too close to the runway. Since one of the engine throttles was retarded for simulation of an engine out, the gear warning horn had been silenced, therefore, the horn did not sound during the landing flare. In addition to both propellers striking the runway, the right trailing edge of the wing flap and the entrance step also scraped the runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF AN SMA TWIN DURING A PRACTICE SINGLE ENG APCH HAD BOTH PROPS, THE R FLAP, AND ENTRANCE STEP STRIKE THE RWY DURING A GAR. RPTR CHK PLT STATED THAT THE ACFT ATTITUDE WAS NOT CORRECT FOR LNDG AND A SCRAPING NOISE WAS HEARD DURING THE GAR. A DIVERSION TO AN ALTERNATE ARPT WITH EMER GND EQUIP AVAILABLE WAS MADE SINCE THE AMOUNT OF ACFT DAMAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Narrative: THE FLT WAS PART OF A TRAINING CHK FOR MULTI-ENG. THE PLT, IN CTL OF THE PLANE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, IS RATED IN MULTI-ENG. A SINGLE ENG APCH WAS BEING CONDUCTED AND UPON ARR AT THE RWY THE ALT WAS WRONG. A GAR WAS INITIATED AND AT THE SAME TIME, SCRAPING NOISES CAME FROM THE ACFT. THE GAR WAS CONTINUED. AN ASSESSMENT OF POSSIBLE DAMAGE WAS MADE AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT IT WAS BETTER TO FLY TO DAYTONA BEACH INTL ARPT, AS THEY HAD SUPERIOR EQUIP IN THE CASE OF AN EMER. THE ACFT WAS ABLE TO BE FLOWN WITH EASE AND A NORMAL LNDG RESULTED IN DAYTONA. A DISTR OF THE RADIO NOISE AT UNCTLED ARPTS MOMENTARILY HAD MY ATTN AND NORMAL LNDG PROCS WERE DELAYED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE REASON THAT A GAR WAS PERFORMED AND THE ACFT SCRAPED THE RWY WAS DUE TO NOT HAVING THE LNDG GEAR EXTENDED. DUE RADIO NOISE DISTR, RPTR DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN UNTIL THE ACFT WAS COMING TOO CLOSE TO THE RWY. SINCE ONE OF THE ENG THROTTLES WAS RETARDED FOR SIMULATION OF AN ENG OUT, THE GEAR WARNING HORN HAD BEEN SILENCED, THEREFORE, THE HORN DID NOT SOUND DURING THE LNDG FLARE. IN ADDITION TO BOTH PROPS STRIKING THE RWY, THE R TRAILING EDGE OF THE WING FLAP AND THE ENTRANCE STEP ALSO SCRAPED THE RWY.
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.