Beechcraft bonanza S35 pilot performs a gear-up landing on runway 36 at spg.

Attributes
ACN	696915
Time
Date	200605
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : spg.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Bonanza 35
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 2 flight time total : 1140 flight time type : 560
ASRS Report	696915
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters : gear up landing
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : gear warning horn other flight crewa
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:

Completed initial gump check before turning base leg; combination of very bright sunlight and sun glasses made visibility of landing gear position lights and mechanical flag poor. Added approach flaps (approximately 10 degrees down) and adjusted power to maintain 800 ft altitude. Added full flaps upon turning final and adjusted power to maintain PAPI GS. Pilot made final gump check; touching mixture; propeller and landing gear selector with right hand; looked at gear position indicators but; expecting that gear extended after selecting gear down; did not notice the fault indications when momentarily looking from the bright exterior environment to the cockpit interior. Over the seawall at approximately 30 ft; initiated flare and reduced throttle to idle. Pilot did not recognize that the warning horn that sounded was the gear up warning signal since his expectation was that the wheels were down. He assumed that the sound heard through his noise canceling headset was the stall warning horn and eased the nose down a bit until completing the landing with noisy and expensive results. The apparent damage to the airplane was the propeller; the nosewheel doors; the inner doors of the main landing gear; the exhaust pipes and 1 small antenna on the belly. The partially extended main landing gear protected the flaps and other elements on the bottom of the aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BEECHCRAFT BONANZA S35 PLT PERFORMS A GEAR-UP LNDG ON RWY 36 AT SPG.

Narrative: COMPLETED INITIAL GUMP CHK BEFORE TURNING BASE LEG; COMBINATION OF VERY BRIGHT SUNLIGHT AND SUN GLASSES MADE VISIBILITY OF LNDG GEAR POS LIGHTS AND MECHANICAL FLAG POOR. ADDED APCH FLAPS (APPROX 10 DEGS DOWN) AND ADJUSTED PWR TO MAINTAIN 800 FT ALT. ADDED FULL FLAPS UPON TURNING FINAL AND ADJUSTED PWR TO MAINTAIN PAPI GS. PLT MADE FINAL GUMP CHK; TOUCHING MIXTURE; PROP AND LNDG GEAR SELECTOR WITH R HAND; LOOKED AT GEAR POS INDICATORS BUT; EXPECTING THAT GEAR EXTENDED AFTER SELECTING GEAR DOWN; DID NOT NOTICE THE FAULT INDICATIONS WHEN MOMENTARILY LOOKING FROM THE BRIGHT EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT TO THE COCKPIT INTERIOR. OVER THE SEAWALL AT APPROX 30 FT; INITIATED FLARE AND REDUCED THROTTLE TO IDLE. PLT DID NOT RECOGNIZE THAT THE WARNING HORN THAT SOUNDED WAS THE GEAR UP WARNING SIGNAL SINCE HIS EXPECTATION WAS THAT THE WHEELS WERE DOWN. HE ASSUMED THAT THE SOUND HEARD THROUGH HIS NOISE CANCELING HEADSET WAS THE STALL WARNING HORN AND EASED THE NOSE DOWN A BIT UNTIL COMPLETING THE LNDG WITH NOISY AND EXPENSIVE RESULTS. THE APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE WAS THE PROP; THE NOSEWHEEL DOORS; THE INNER DOORS OF THE MAIN LNDG GEAR; THE EXHAUST PIPES AND 1 SMALL ANTENNA ON THE BELLY. THE PARTIALLY EXTENDED MAIN LNDG GEAR PROTECTED THE FLAPS AND OTHER ELEMENTS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE ACFT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.