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Small transport pilot had propeller strikes on go around when he did not extend the landing gear for landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 578716 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200303 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bff.airport |
| State Reference | NE |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Turbulence other |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : missed approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 578716 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters other inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : 2 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : executed go around none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Airport Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
I started an approach into bff to runway 23, runway 12/30 was notamed closed. The wind was about 15 KTS gusting to 30+ KTS from 310 degrees. My thought process was I would do an approach to runway 23, and if the winds were too great I would ask if they could let me use runway 30 (they were working on lights at the edge of the runway). Through the final approach to the runway, heading was held with rudder, aileron, and asymmetric power. At the threshold to the runway I was maintaining 110-120 KTS, noticed equipment on runway 12/30 off the side of runway 23, and had increasingly gusty winds. I wasn't comfortable with the approach at that point, the aircraft was bouncing with the gusts and didn't feel 'right.' I felt I was out of my checklist, and increased power to abort the landing. At some point during that process I heard a clicking sound, circled and landed on runway 30 after they moved the equipment. Damage to propellers from striking the runway. In post discussions, my passenger (not a pilot) thought the gear was down and I retracted it after I said we were going to go around. In the 150 times I have gone through the landing since, I do not remember lowering the gear and, more specifically, saying '3 green' out loud to myself which has been a longtime habit. That and the total discomfort with the final seconds of the approach makes me believe that the gear was never lowered. The cause was pilot (my) error by getting away from the checklist and not aborting sooner on an unstabilized approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMT PLT HAD PROP STRIKES ON GAR WHEN HE DID NOT EXTEND THE LNDG GEAR FOR LNDG.
Narrative: I STARTED AN APCH INTO BFF TO RWY 23, RWY 12/30 WAS NOTAMED CLOSED. THE WIND WAS ABOUT 15 KTS GUSTING TO 30+ KTS FROM 310 DEGS. MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS I WOULD DO AN APCH TO RWY 23, AND IF THE WINDS WERE TOO GREAT I WOULD ASK IF THEY COULD LET ME USE RWY 30 (THEY WERE WORKING ON LIGHTS AT THE EDGE OF THE RWY). THROUGH THE FINAL APCH TO THE RWY, HEADING WAS HELD WITH RUDDER, AILERON, AND ASYMMETRIC PWR. AT THE THRESHOLD TO THE RWY I WAS MAINTAINING 110-120 KTS, NOTICED EQUIP ON RWY 12/30 OFF THE SIDE OF RWY 23, AND HAD INCREASINGLY GUSTY WINDS. I WASN'T COMFORTABLE WITH THE APCH AT THAT POINT, THE ACFT WAS BOUNCING WITH THE GUSTS AND DIDN'T FEEL 'RIGHT.' I FELT I WAS OUT OF MY CHKLIST, AND INCREASED PWR TO ABORT THE LNDG. AT SOME POINT DURING THAT PROCESS I HEARD A CLICKING SOUND, CIRCLED AND LANDED ON RWY 30 AFTER THEY MOVED THE EQUIP. DAMAGE TO PROPS FROM STRIKING THE RWY. IN POST DISCUSSIONS, MY PAX (NOT A PLT) THOUGHT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND I RETRACTED IT AFTER I SAID WE WERE GOING TO GO AROUND. IN THE 150 TIMES I HAVE GONE THROUGH THE LNDG SINCE, I DO NOT REMEMBER LOWERING THE GEAR AND, MORE SPECIFICALLY, SAYING '3 GREEN' OUT LOUD TO MYSELF WHICH HAS BEEN A LONGTIME HABIT. THAT AND THE TOTAL DISCOMFORT WITH THE FINAL SECONDS OF THE APCH MAKES ME BELIEVE THAT THE GEAR WAS NEVER LOWERED. THE CAUSE WAS PLT (MY) ERROR BY GETTING AWAY FROM THE CHKLIST AND NOT ABORTING SOONER ON AN UNSTABILIZED APCH.
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.