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A training flight in a PA23-180 was setting up for a single engine landing and were unable to lower the gear in time to prevent an off airport landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 434240 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199904 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 60r.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl single value : 5000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | PA-23 Apache (& Geronimo Apache) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | cruise : enroute altitude change |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : trainee |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 1050 flight time type : 25 |
| ASRS Report | 424240 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I was on a multi engine training flight with another instructor. The last maneuver we performed was a full feather of the engine. We could not get the propeller to come out of feather. We decided to land at navasota airport. Our left engine was out, so we set up for a right base to runway 35. The poh states that if the left engine is out then we would have to hand pump the gear down, and that it would take 30-40 strokes to get them down. When we were in a close-in right base and had the runway made, we lowered the gear handle and got ready to pump the gear down. The plane yawed hard to the left. I gave it right rudder and noticed that the airspeed had bled off. Then I lowered the nose and noticed that the gear had fallen about 3/4 the way out even though we did not pump it any. We thought about turning around but we were too low to make a turn for the runway which was behind us now. We then thought about pumping up the gear and trying to climb back up but we were coming down too fast. We then pumped the gear the rest of the way down and landed in a field ahead of us. No damage was done to the plane or to the property. There were not any injuries.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A TRAINING FLT IN A PA23-180 WAS SETTING UP FOR A SINGLE ENG LNDG AND WERE UNABLE TO LOWER THE GEAR IN TIME TO PREVENT AN OFF ARPT LNDG.
Narrative: I WAS ON A MULTI ENG TRAINING FLT WITH ANOTHER INSTRUCTOR. THE LAST MANEUVER WE PERFORMED WAS A FULL FEATHER OF THE ENG. WE COULD NOT GET THE PROP TO COME OUT OF FEATHER. WE DECIDED TO LAND AT NAVASOTA ARPT. OUR L ENG WAS OUT, SO WE SET UP FOR A R BASE TO RWY 35. THE POH STATES THAT IF THE L ENG IS OUT THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO HAND PUMP THE GEAR DOWN, AND THAT IT WOULD TAKE 30-40 STROKES TO GET THEM DOWN. WHEN WE WERE IN A CLOSE-IN R BASE AND HAD THE RWY MADE, WE LOWERED THE GEAR HANDLE AND GOT READY TO PUMP THE GEAR DOWN. THE PLANE YAWED HARD TO THE L. I GAVE IT R RUDDER AND NOTICED THAT THE AIRSPD HAD BLED OFF. THEN I LOWERED THE NOSE AND NOTICED THAT THE GEAR HAD FALLEN ABOUT 3/4 THE WAY OUT EVEN THOUGH WE DID NOT PUMP IT ANY. WE THOUGHT ABOUT TURNING AROUND BUT WE WERE TOO LOW TO MAKE A TURN FOR THE RWY WHICH WAS BEHIND US NOW. WE THEN THOUGHT ABOUT PUMPING UP THE GEAR AND TRYING TO CLB BACK UP BUT WE WERE COMING DOWN TOO FAST. WE THEN PUMPED THE GEAR THE REST OF THE WAY DOWN AND LANDED IN A FIELD AHEAD OF US. NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE PLANE OR TO THE PROPERTY. THERE WERE NOT ANY INJURIES.
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.