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Distracted by a chatty right seat passenger; pilot of BE35 raises gear instead of flaps during landing rollout.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 744806 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200706 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hez.airport |
| State Reference | MS |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lyh.tower |
| 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 : student |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 21 flight time total : 320 flight time type : 175 |
| ASRS Report | 744806 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical excursion : runway ground encounters other non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Entered high right base for final (no traffic); told front passenger (only passenger) to stop talking; pulled nose up to slow down for gear down; confirmed gear down. Told front passenger for second time to be quiet due to distraction. Entered high final approach and put flaps down 20 degrees. Trimmed for descent to threshold. Front passenger continued speaking to me. Told for 3RD time to be quiet due to distraction. Landed and began rollout without braking due to long runway available. While rolling to turn plane; front passenger began speaking again. I attempting to ignore distraction and began cockpit cleanup. Instead of pulling up switch for flap retraction; I mistook the gear switch for the flap switch and pulled up switch for gear retraction. Plane fell on belly and continued forward on tarmac onto grass. Immediately switched all power off and told passenger to leave aircraft with me. After a few mins of observation; emptied plane of valuables and raised aircraft with friend's help. Dropped gear and towed to hangar. I think the major cause is distraction from normal procedures.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DISTRACTED BY A CHATTY RIGHT SEAT PAX; PLT OF BE35 RAISES GEAR INSTEAD OF FLAPS DURING LANDING ROLLOUT.
Narrative: ENTERED HIGH R BASE FOR FINAL (NO TFC); TOLD FRONT PAX (ONLY PAX) TO STOP TALKING; PULLED NOSE UP TO SLOW DOWN FOR GEAR DOWN; CONFIRMED GEAR DOWN. TOLD FRONT PAX FOR SECOND TIME TO BE QUIET DUE TO DISTR. ENTERED HIGH FINAL APCH AND PUT FLAPS DOWN 20 DEGS. TRIMMED FOR DSCNT TO THRESHOLD. FRONT PAX CONTINUED SPEAKING TO ME. TOLD FOR 3RD TIME TO BE QUIET DUE TO DISTR. LANDED AND BEGAN ROLLOUT WITHOUT BRAKING DUE TO LONG RWY AVAILABLE. WHILE ROLLING TO TURN PLANE; FRONT PAX BEGAN SPEAKING AGAIN. I ATTEMPTING TO IGNORE DISTR AND BEGAN COCKPIT CLEANUP. INSTEAD OF PULLING UP SWITCH FOR FLAP RETRACTION; I MISTOOK THE GEAR SWITCH FOR THE FLAP SWITCH AND PULLED UP SWITCH FOR GEAR RETRACTION. PLANE FELL ON BELLY AND CONTINUED FORWARD ON TARMAC ONTO GRASS. IMMEDIATELY SWITCHED ALL PWR OFF AND TOLD PAX TO LEAVE ACFT WITH ME. AFTER A FEW MINS OF OBSERVATION; EMPTIED PLANE OF VALUABLES AND RAISED ACFT WITH FRIEND'S HELP. DROPPED GEAR AND TOWED TO HANGAR. I THINK THE MAJOR CAUSE IS DISTR FROM NORMAL PROCS.
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.