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Attributes | |
ACN | 544968 |
Time | |
Date | 200204 |
Day | Tue |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : den.airport |
State Reference | CO |
Altitude | agl single value : 550 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | tower : den.tower |
Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
Make Model Name | Beech 1900 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
Flight Phase | descent : approach |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air taxi |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 2650 flight time type : 1700 |
ASRS Report | 544968 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air taxi |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Events | |
Anomaly | ground encounters other non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : gear warning/flap pos (a guess) other flight crewa other flight crewb |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented other |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Weather Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
On final into denver, we were paying attention to the windshear calls and put the gear down really low (550 ft AGL). Our company manual says we must be configured by 1000 ft above decision ht which is 1200 ft AGL. Contributing factors: reduced rest, long duty day.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE1900 PIC RPT ON THE DELAYED EXTENSION OF THE LNDG GEAR WHEN ON SHORT FINAL FOR LNDG DEN, CO.
Narrative: ON FINAL INTO DENVER, WE WERE PAYING ATTN TO THE WINDSHEAR CALLS AND PUT THE GEAR DOWN REALLY LOW (550 FT AGL). OUR COMPANY MANUAL SAYS WE MUST BE CONFIGURED BY 1000 FT ABOVE DECISION HT WHICH IS 1200 FT AGL. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: REDUCED REST, LONG DUTY DAY.
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.