A near gear up landing with propeller strikes on the go around by a charter pilot in a BE58 at EST, ...

Attributes
ACN	505405
Time
Date	200103
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : est.airport
State Reference	IA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : phx.tower
Operator	common carrier : charter
Make Model Name	Baron 58/58TC
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	descent : vacating altitude landing : go around
Route In Use	approach : visual approach : traffic pattern
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : charter
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 26 flight time total : 4200 flight time type : 26
ASRS Report	505405
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	observation : passenger
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe conflict : ground critical ground encounters : gear up landing maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : executed go around
Consequence	other other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Airspace Structure Environmental Factor
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Aircraft incident on mar/xa/01 at the estherville, ia, airport at AB45. I performed a test flight the night before at spw and noted that the throttle warning horn was a little out of adjustment, but everything else was fine. On the morning of mar/xa/01, I reported in an early morning for an early morning departure on a charter from spw-EST-axa-dvn-stl-dvn-axa-EST. The WX was good for the entire trip. After being cleared for a high descent for landing at davenport, ia, the gear horn was on for a long time. I made the mistake of disabling the gear warning horn so the passenger would not have to listen to it going off, but on returning to estherville there was a lot of training aircraft in the pattern at sunset. So in the landing pattern, I somehow missed that the gear was not down until short final. On last check to make sure the gear was down, I discovered that it wasn't. So I went around and landed again, and taxied in and did a walk around the airplane, and discovered the propeller damage. The passenger were unaware that something had happened until after the walk around the plane. I'm sorry this happened, and for the damage to the baron.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A NEAR GEAR UP LNDG WITH PROP STRIKES ON THE GAR BY A CHARTER PLT IN A BE58 AT EST, IA.

Narrative: ACFT INCIDENT ON MAR/XA/01 AT THE ESTHERVILLE, IA, ARPT AT AB45. I PERFORMED A TEST FLT THE NIGHT BEFORE AT SPW AND NOTED THAT THE THROTTLE WARNING HORN WAS A LITTLE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WAS FINE. ON THE MORNING OF MAR/XA/01, I RPTED IN AN EARLY MORNING FOR AN EARLY MORNING DEP ON A CHARTER FROM SPW-EST-AXA-DVN-STL-DVN-AXA-EST. THE WX WAS GOOD FOR THE ENTIRE TRIP. AFTER BEING CLRED FOR A HIGH DSCNT FOR LNDG AT DAVENPORT, IA, THE GEAR HORN WAS ON FOR A LONG TIME. I MADE THE MISTAKE OF DISABLING THE GEAR WARNING HORN SO THE PAX WOULD NOT HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT GOING OFF, BUT ON RETURNING TO ESTHERVILLE THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAINING ACFT IN THE PATTERN AT SUNSET. SO IN THE LNDG PATTERN, I SOMEHOW MISSED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN UNTIL SHORT FINAL. ON LAST CHK TO MAKE SURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN, I DISCOVERED THAT IT WASN'T. SO I WENT AROUND AND LANDED AGAIN, AND TAXIED IN AND DID A WALK AROUND THE AIRPLANE, AND DISCOVERED THE PROP DAMAGE. THE PAX WERE UNAWARE THAT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED UNTIL AFTER THE WALK AROUND THE PLANE. I'M SORRY THIS HAPPENED, AND FOR THE DAMAGE TO THE BARON.

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 near gear up landing with propeller strikes on the go around by a charter pilot in a BE58 at EST, ia.