Aerostar 600 pilot damages propeller tips on go around from gear up approach.

Attributes
ACN	605935
Time
Date	200401
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pvw.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 10
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	other
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	PA-60 600 Aerostar
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : go around
Route In Use	arrival : vfr
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 56 flight time total : 4510 flight time type : 2122
ASRS Report	605935
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters other non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Weather Aircraft
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

AWOS reported surface wind at 260-270 degrees at 33 KTS gusting to 39-41 KTS. Considered landing lbb with no crosswind component, but elected to continue to home base as the crosswind component was well below that for many previous lndgs in this aircraft. Wind gusts would require attentive technique and my focus was primarily on this factor. In order to accommodate the expected time of hangar opening, delayed descent and slowed aircraft in last 20 mins of flight, extended downwind leg to a 4 mi high final, at which time I deployed flaps from downwind-established setting of 20-30 degrees -- something I never do without first dropping landing gear. My entire focus was upon landing technique, carrying higher power setting than usual on approach, which prevented operation of gear-up alarm until power was reduced for landing about 10 ft over runway. At this ht, gear-up alarm sounded and go around was executed immediately. Uneventful gear down landing then executed. On engine shutdown in hangar, symmetric bi-lateral propeller tip damage noted. Noise-canceling headset had precluded pilot awareness of runway propeller tip contact during go around. My lesson has been that the employment of the written checklist in all phases of flight in both familiar and unfamiliar aircraft is mandatory.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AEROSTAR 600 PLT DAMAGES PROP TIPS ON GAR FROM GEAR UP APCH.

Narrative: AWOS RPTED SURFACE WIND AT 260-270 DEGS AT 33 KTS GUSTING TO 39-41 KTS. CONSIDERED LNDG LBB WITH NO XWIND COMPONENT, BUT ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO HOME BASE AS THE XWIND COMPONENT WAS WELL BELOW THAT FOR MANY PREVIOUS LNDGS IN THIS ACFT. WIND GUSTS WOULD REQUIRE ATTENTIVE TECHNIQUE AND MY FOCUS WAS PRIMARILY ON THIS FACTOR. IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED TIME OF HANGAR OPENING, DELAYED DSCNT AND SLOWED ACFT IN LAST 20 MINS OF FLT, EXTENDED DOWNWIND LEG TO A 4 MI HIGH FINAL, AT WHICH TIME I DEPLOYED FLAPS FROM DOWNWIND-ESTABLISHED SETTING OF 20-30 DEGS -- SOMETHING I NEVER DO WITHOUT FIRST DROPPING LNDG GEAR. MY ENTIRE FOCUS WAS UPON LNDG TECHNIQUE, CARRYING HIGHER PWR SETTING THAN USUAL ON APCH, WHICH PREVENTED OP OF GEAR-UP ALARM UNTIL PWR WAS REDUCED FOR LNDG ABOUT 10 FT OVER RWY. AT THIS HT, GEAR-UP ALARM SOUNDED AND GAR WAS EXECUTED IMMEDIATELY. UNEVENTFUL GEAR DOWN LNDG THEN EXECUTED. ON ENG SHUTDOWN IN HANGAR, SYMMETRIC BI-LATERAL PROP TIP DAMAGE NOTED. NOISE-CANCELING HEADSET HAD PRECLUDED PLT AWARENESS OF RWY PROP TIP CONTACT DURING GAR. MY LESSON HAS BEEN THAT THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE WRITTEN CHKLIST IN ALL PHASES OF FLT IN BOTH FAMILIAR AND UNFAMILIAR ACFT IS MANDATORY.

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.