C177RG pilot has gear up landing at gai.

Attributes
ACN	571585
Time
Date	200301
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : gai.airport
State Reference	MD
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Cardinal 177/177RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : roll
Route In Use	approach : traffic pattern
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 5 flight time total : 500 flight time type : 61
ASRS Report	571585
Person 2
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters : gear up landing non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Returning from a short local flight, I made a normal 45 degree entry for the downwind for gai runway 14, except that speed was rather high and I delayed putting the gear down from my normal point on the 45 degree entry. After entering the downwind, I shortened the downwind and turned base earlier than usual on account of traffic which was several mi out on straight-in approach. There was considerable traffic and associated radio communication going on. When I was about 1/4 mi from the runway threshold, someone announced that he was on 'short final,' and I made another radio call to insure that he saw me, since he had not said 'traffic in sight' or '#2' or anything like that. The rest of the approach was normal until the gear up landing, and the plane slid more or less straight ahead for about 600 ft down the runway. There were no injuries. There was no fire. There was a propeller strike and belly scraping. I don't remember hearing the gear warning horn, I was wearing a headset, but normally it is quite audible in these circumstances. There may have been an intermittent failure in the horn circuit. However, it did operate after the plane was gotten back to the hangar and jacked up.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C177RG PLT HAS GEAR UP LNDG AT GAI.

Narrative: RETURNING FROM A SHORT LCL FLT, I MADE A NORMAL 45 DEG ENTRY FOR THE DOWNWIND FOR GAI RWY 14, EXCEPT THAT SPD WAS RATHER HIGH AND I DELAYED PUTTING THE GEAR DOWN FROM MY NORMAL POINT ON THE 45 DEG ENTRY. AFTER ENTERING THE DOWNWIND, I SHORTENED THE DOWNWIND AND TURNED BASE EARLIER THAN USUAL ON ACCOUNT OF TFC WHICH WAS SEVERAL MI OUT ON STRAIGHT-IN APCH. THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE TFC AND ASSOCIATED RADIO COM GOING ON. WHEN I WAS ABOUT 1/4 MI FROM THE RWY THRESHOLD, SOMEONE ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS ON 'SHORT FINAL,' AND I MADE ANOTHER RADIO CALL TO INSURE THAT HE SAW ME, SINCE HE HAD NOT SAID 'TFC IN SIGHT' OR '#2' OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE REST OF THE APCH WAS NORMAL UNTIL THE GEAR UP LNDG, AND THE PLANE SLID MORE OR LESS STRAIGHT AHEAD FOR ABOUT 600 FT DOWN THE RWY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THERE WAS NO FIRE. THERE WAS A PROP STRIKE AND BELLY SCRAPING. I DON'T REMEMBER HEARING THE GEAR WARNING HORN, I WAS WEARING A HEADSET, BUT NORMALLY IT IS QUITE AUDIBLE IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE IN THE HORN CIRCUIT. HOWEVER, IT DID OPERATE AFTER THE PLANE WAS GOTTEN BACK TO THE HANGAR AND JACKED UP.

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.