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A beechcraft D17 single pilot did not confirm his gear was down which resulted in a partial gear-up landing at czbb.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 623985 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200407 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : czbb.airport |
| State Reference | BC |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Stagger Wing 17 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : roll |
| Route In Use | approach : traffic pattern |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 80 |
| ASRS Report | 623985 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : foreign |
| Function | controller : local |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
The aircraft entered the downwind leg of the landing pattern and the pilot completed the pre-landing checks, including selecting the gear down. Unfortunately, the pilot did not confirm the gear was down and locked by observing the gear lights as he became distraction in looking for traffic called by the tower. The gear was, in fact, only partially down as a malfunction occurred which caused the breaker to blow. The aircraft landed on a partially extended gear which caused minor damage to the propeller, gear doors, flaps, engine cowling, and tail cone. The incident was caused by the pilot failing to confirm the gear was fully extended by observing the illuminated gear lights. If the lights had been observed as not being illuminated, the pilot could have manually extended the gear and landed without damage.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BEECHCRAFT D17 SINGLE PLT DID NOT CONFIRM HIS GEAR WAS DOWN WHICH RESULTED IN A PARTIAL GEAR-UP LNDG AT CZBB.
Narrative: THE ACFT ENTERED THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE LNDG PATTERN AND THE PLT COMPLETED THE PRE-LNDG CHKS, INCLUDING SELECTING THE GEAR DOWN. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PLT DID NOT CONFIRM THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED BY OBSERVING THE GEAR LIGHTS AS HE BECAME DISTR IN LOOKING FOR TFC CALLED BY THE TWR. THE GEAR WAS, IN FACT, ONLY PARTIALLY DOWN AS A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED WHICH CAUSED THE BREAKER TO BLOW. THE ACFT LANDED ON A PARTIALLY EXTENDED GEAR WHICH CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROP, GEAR DOORS, FLAPS, ENG COWLING, AND TAIL CONE. THE INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY THE PLT FAILING TO CONFIRM THE GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED BY OBSERVING THE ILLUMINATED GEAR LIGHTS. IF THE LIGHTS HAD BEEN OBSERVED AS NOT BEING ILLUMINATED, THE PLT COULD HAVE MANUALLY EXTENDED THE GEAR AND LANDED WITHOUT DAMAGE.
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.