<< >> NASA ASRS Report 589001, July 2003

A P28T landed gear up on a commercial student training flight for which the instructor had briefed his plan to practice engine failures on takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	589001
Time
Date	200307
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 307.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee Arrow IV
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4600 flight time type : 50
ASRS Report	589001
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	instruction : trainee
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters : gear up landing non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
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:

On a commercial student training flight, the student inadvertently raised the gear lever handle on a short field takeoff without the instructor's knowledge. Shortly after rotation I pulled the power on the student and he reacted with an erratic movement (pitched nose up). As the instructor, I took control of the aircraft, lowered the nose for airspeed and flared the aircraft to land, not knowing the student had raised the landing gear. The aircraft landed gear up. The student was briefed before the flight on engine failures during takeoffs.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A P28T LANDED GEAR UP ON A COMMERCIAL STUDENT TRAINING FLT FOR WHICH THE INSTRUCTOR HAD BRIEFED HIS PLAN TO PRACTICE ENG FAILURES ON TKOF.

Narrative: ON A COMMERCIAL STUDENT TRAINING FLT, THE STUDENT INADVERTENTLY RAISED THE GEAR LEVER HANDLE ON A SHORT FIELD TKOF WITHOUT THE INSTRUCTOR'S KNOWLEDGE. SHORTLY AFTER ROTATION I PULLED THE PWR ON THE STUDENT AND HE REACTED WITH AN ERRATIC MOVEMENT (PITCHED NOSE UP). AS THE INSTRUCTOR, I TOOK CTL OF THE ACFT, LOWERED THE NOSE FOR AIRSPD AND FLARED THE ACFT TO LAND, NOT KNOWING THE STUDENT HAD RAISED THE LNDG GEAR. THE ACFT LANDED GEAR UP. THE STUDENT WAS BRIEFED BEFORE THE FLT ON ENG FAILURES DURING TKOFS.

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.