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Attributes | |
ACN | 639203 |
Time | |
Date | 200412 |
Day | Thu |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : t31.airport |
State Reference | TX |
Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | tower : ord.tower |
Operator | general aviation : personal |
Make Model Name | M-20 B/C Ranger |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | landing : roll |
Flight Plan | None |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : private |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 2200 flight time type : 2100 |
ASRS Report | 639203 |
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 |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
I was flying a standard pattern to land on this windless VFR day. In the middle of my landing checklist, I was distraction by 2 unknown aircraft on unicom asking questions about the field I was landing on. I was answering the radio call instead of flying. So, I landed gear up. Minor damage to aircraft, none to property, none to pilot. I report this because distrs of an uncontrolled field and the overlapping CTAF's can contribute to pilot distraction. I should have ignored the calls. There was no reason to answer.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: M20 PLT ATTRIBUTES A GEAR UP LNDG TO THE DISTR OF ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM ANOTHER ACFT ON CTAF.
Narrative: I WAS FLYING A STANDARD PATTERN TO LAND ON THIS WINDLESS VFR DAY. IN THE MIDDLE OF MY LNDG CHKLIST, I WAS DISTR BY 2 UNKNOWN ACFT ON UNICOM ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FIELD I WAS LNDG ON. I WAS ANSWERING THE RADIO CALL INSTEAD OF FLYING. SO, I LANDED GEAR UP. MINOR DAMAGE TO ACFT, NONE TO PROPERTY, NONE TO PLT. I RPT THIS BECAUSE DISTRS OF AN UNCTLED FIELD AND THE OVERLAPPING CTAF'S CAN CONTRIBUTE TO PLT DISTR. I SHOULD HAVE IGNORED THE CALLS. THERE WAS NO REASON TO ANSWER.
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.