C172RG examiner and student pilot make a gear up approach with minor damage on go around.

Attributes
ACN	574299
Time
Date	200302
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dvt.airport
State Reference	AZ
Altitude	msl single value : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dvt.tower
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : go around
Route In Use	approach : traffic pattern
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : dvt.tower
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : traffic pattern
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	instruction : instructor other personnel other
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 21000 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	574299
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	instruction : trainee
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe ground encounters : gear up landing non adherence : published procedure other anomaly
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : gear warning horn other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : executed go around
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

I was administering a commercial pilot asel practical test. The applicant's first approach and landing were very good. He made a touch-and-go and failed to extend the landing gear for the second approach. I saw he was delaying extension to help to extend his glide on a 180 degree power off approach. We became accustomed to the gear horn and I let myself get distraction by an aircraft nearby approaching the parallel runway. As we overshot our turn, we had to s-turn back onto a very short final. Suddenly, I realized the gear was up. I took the controls, and initiated a go around. Before I could arrest the descent, the aircraft touched the runway, breaking the marker beacon antennae and abrading the very tips of the propeller blades. Too close! I've amended my procedures to: 1) terminate marginal maneuvers earlier, 2) allow no operations below pattern altitude with the gear up, and 3) to turn off my head set active noise reduction feature so as to hear warning horns more clearly.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172RG EXAMINER AND STUDENT PLT MAKE A GEAR UP APCH WITH MINOR DAMAGE ON GAR.

Narrative: I WAS ADMINISTERING A COMMERCIAL PLT ASEL PRACTICAL TEST. THE APPLICANT'S FIRST APCH AND LNDG WERE VERY GOOD. HE MADE A TOUCH-AND-GO AND FAILED TO EXTEND THE LNDG GEAR FOR THE SECOND APCH. I SAW HE WAS DELAYING EXTENSION TO HELP TO EXTEND HIS GLIDE ON A 180 DEG PWR OFF APCH. WE BECAME ACCUSTOMED TO THE GEAR HORN AND I LET MYSELF GET DISTR BY AN ACFT NEARBY APCHING THE PARALLEL RWY. AS WE OVERSHOT OUR TURN, WE HAD TO S-TURN BACK ONTO A VERY SHORT FINAL. SUDDENLY, I REALIZED THE GEAR WAS UP. I TOOK THE CTLS, AND INITIATED A GAR. BEFORE I COULD ARREST THE DSCNT, THE ACFT TOUCHED THE RWY, BREAKING THE MARKER BEACON ANTENNAE AND ABRADING THE VERY TIPS OF THE PROP BLADES. TOO CLOSE! I'VE AMENDED MY PROCS TO: 1) TERMINATE MARGINAL MANEUVERS EARLIER, 2) ALLOW NO OPS BELOW PATTERN ALT WITH THE GEAR UP, AND 3) TO TURN OFF MY HEAD SET ACTIVE NOISE REDUCTION FEATURE SO AS TO HEAR WARNING HORNS MORE CLRLY.

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.