M20F pilot has gear up landing at elk.

Attributes
ACN	580895
Time
Date	200304
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : elk.airport
State Reference	OK
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	M-20 F Executive 21
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 70 flight time total : 390 flight time type : 213
ASRS Report	580895
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	observation : passenger other personnel other
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters : gear up landing non adherence : published procedure other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Recent trouble with the gear not retracting and locking with the switch, have had to cycle switch several times to get the gear up or down -- this has been witnessed twice recently with a CFI aboard. Once we had to manually crank the gear down. I was on my commercial check ride with an FAA examiner. Check ride was going great, and I was on my last landing of several in a row. It was to be a soft field landing. On downwind, I did my before landing checklist, witnessed by the examiner. Just as I was completing the checklist, the examiner pulled the power and said you just lost your engine and flaps -- land. I quickly turned towards the runway and slipped the plane to the ground once having made the runway, and landed about 1/3 way down the runway gear up. Neither of us heard the gear horn. I believe my attention was diverted from monitoring the gear when the emergency arose. I assumed when I put the switch down, the gear went down. I can't say if there was a green light. I can usually feel and hear the gear running, but again, my attention was diverted to the emergency.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: M20F PLT HAS GEAR UP LNDG AT ELK.

Narrative: RECENT TROUBLE WITH THE GEAR NOT RETRACTING AND LOCKING WITH THE SWITCH, HAVE HAD TO CYCLE SWITCH SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE GEAR UP OR DOWN -- THIS HAS BEEN WITNESSED TWICE RECENTLY WITH A CFI ABOARD. ONCE WE HAD TO MANUALLY CRANK THE GEAR DOWN. I WAS ON MY COMMERCIAL CHK RIDE WITH AN FAA EXAMINER. CHK RIDE WAS GOING GREAT, AND I WAS ON MY LAST LNDG OF SEVERAL IN A ROW. IT WAS TO BE A SOFT FIELD LNDG. ON DOWNWIND, I DID MY BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST, WITNESSED BY THE EXAMINER. JUST AS I WAS COMPLETING THE CHKLIST, THE EXAMINER PULLED THE PWR AND SAID YOU JUST LOST YOUR ENG AND FLAPS -- LAND. I QUICKLY TURNED TOWARDS THE RWY AND SLIPPED THE PLANE TO THE GND ONCE HAVING MADE THE RWY, AND LANDED ABOUT 1/3 WAY DOWN THE RWY GEAR UP. NEITHER OF US HEARD THE GEAR HORN. I BELIEVE MY ATTN WAS DIVERTED FROM MONITORING THE GEAR WHEN THE EMER AROSE. I ASSUMED WHEN I PUT THE SWITCH DOWN, THE GEAR WENT DOWN. I CAN'T SAY IF THERE WAS A GREEN LIGHT. I CAN USUALLY FEEL AND HEAR THE GEAR RUNNING, BUT AGAIN, MY ATTN WAS DIVERTED TO THE EMER.

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.