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Navion pilot forgot to put the gear down prior to making an emergency forced landing on a dry lake bed due to engine power loss caused by fuel mismgmnt. There were no injuries and only minor aircraft damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 512423 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200105 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : vcv.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 msl single value : 2855 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Navion Aircraft Corp Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 16.6 flight time total : 582.7 flight time type : 341.0 |
| ASRS Report | 512423 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters : gear up landing other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : loss of engine power other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Gear up landing on dry lake bed due to fuel mismgmnt. 2 souls on board, no injuries to persons. Aircraft damage includes propeller and flap hinges and 1 radio antenna. Aircraft raised by hand and gear extended. Towed to private property and secured. Landed using tip tank fuel. Did not switch to main tank for takeoff. Tip tank unported on takeoff causing fuel starvation approximately 80 ft MSL. Lowered nose, switched to mains, 3-5 seconds before gear-up landing. Caused by non use of landing checklist 'gump' and hurried. Distraction, departure, folded chart covering fuel valve on floor. Afterthoughts: should have extended gear instead of switching tanks. Very little time! Checklist! Checklist! Checklist!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NAVION PLT FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN PRIOR TO MAKING AN EMER FORCED LNDG ON A DRY LAKE BED DUE TO ENG PWR LOSS CAUSED BY FUEL MISMGMNT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR ACFT DAMAGE.
Narrative: GEAR UP LNDG ON DRY LAKE BED DUE TO FUEL MISMGMNT. 2 SOULS ON BOARD, NO INJURIES TO PERSONS. ACFT DAMAGE INCLUDES PROP AND FLAP HINGES AND 1 RADIO ANTENNA. ACFT RAISED BY HAND AND GEAR EXTENDED. TOWED TO PVT PROPERTY AND SECURED. LANDED USING TIP TANK FUEL. DID NOT SWITCH TO MAIN TANK FOR TKOF. TIP TANK UNPORTED ON TKOF CAUSING FUEL STARVATION APPROX 80 FT MSL. LOWERED NOSE, SWITCHED TO MAINS, 3-5 SECONDS BEFORE GEAR-UP LNDG. CAUSED BY NON USE OF LNDG CHKLIST 'GUMP' AND HURRIED. DISTR, DEP, FOLDED CHART COVERING FUEL VALVE ON FLOOR. AFTERTHOUGHTS: SHOULD HAVE EXTENDED GEAR INSTEAD OF SWITCHING TANKS. VERY LITTLE TIME! CHKLIST! CHKLIST! CHKLIST!
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.