La-4 private pilot lands on runway with gear up at mmk, ct.

Attributes
ACN	579482
Time
Date	200304
Day	Mon
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mmk.airport
State Reference	CT
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : pct.tracon
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	LA-4-200 Buccaneer
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 : 3 flight time total : 400 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	579482
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	observation : passenger
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters : gear up landing non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : investigated other Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Passenger Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Gear-up landing. No persons injured. Relatively minor damage to aircraft. Plane was lifted manually to open landing gear, taxi to FBO. Approximately 2 mins to remove aircraft from runway 36, person (unknown) notified the FAA. Distraction during landing caused me to bypass activation of landing gear. Noticed with grinding noise on landing. Corrective action: no talking to passenger while landing/takeoff.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LA-4 PVT PLT LANDS ON RWY WITH GEAR UP AT MMK, CT.

Narrative: GEAR-UP LNDG. NO PERSONS INJURED. RELATIVELY MINOR DAMAGE TO ACFT. PLANE WAS LIFTED MANUALLY TO OPEN LNDG GEAR, TAXI TO FBO. APPROX 2 MINS TO REMOVE ACFT FROM RWY 36, PERSON (UNKNOWN) NOTIFIED THE FAA. DISTR DURING LNDG CAUSED ME TO BYPASS ACTIVATION OF LNDG GEAR. NOTICED WITH GRINDING NOISE ON LNDG. CORRECTIVE ACTION: NO TALKING TO PAX WHILE LNDG/TKOF.

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.