PA28 lands with gear only partially extended during a commercial check ride with an FAA examiner on ...

Attributes
ACN	749052
Time
Date	200708
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee Arrow IV
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
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 280 flight time type : 18
ASRS Report	749052
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters : gear up landing
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

During commercial check ride with an FAA examiner; I was asked to simulate an engine-out landing into ZZZ. I set the plane up for downwind for runway 36 and set 10 degrees of flaps; lowered the landing gear and verified 3 green lights; then flew base and final for the final approach; with 40 degrees of flaps. Flared for landing but the propeller struck the runway and the airplane settled on the sides of the main landing gear tires and slid for about 600 ft to a stop on the runway. Examiner and I both observed the gear lever to be down but gear did not look to be down all the way; only about 10% out of the wings. There was no horn warnings or panel lights indicating there was a gear problem. State police and FAA were notified of the accident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA28 LANDS WITH GEAR ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED DURING A COMMERCIAL CHECK RIDE WITH AN FAA EXAMINER ON BOARD.

Narrative: DURING COMMERCIAL CHK RIDE WITH AN FAA EXAMINER; I WAS ASKED TO SIMULATE AN ENG-OUT LNDG INTO ZZZ. I SET THE PLANE UP FOR DOWNWIND FOR RWY 36 AND SET 10 DEGS OF FLAPS; LOWERED THE LNDG GEAR AND VERIFIED 3 GREEN LIGHTS; THEN FLEW BASE AND FINAL FOR THE FINAL APCH; WITH 40 DEGS OF FLAPS. FLARED FOR LNDG BUT THE PROP STRUCK THE RWY AND THE AIRPLANE SETTLED ON THE SIDES OF THE MAIN LNDG GEAR TIRES AND SLID FOR ABOUT 600 FT TO A STOP ON THE RWY. EXAMINER AND I BOTH OBSERVED THE GEAR LEVER TO BE DOWN BUT GEAR DID NOT LOOK TO BE DOWN ALL THE WAY; ONLY ABOUT 10% OUT OF THE WINGS. THERE WAS NO HORN WARNINGS OR PANEL LIGHTS INDICATING THERE WAS A GEAR PROB. STATE POLICE AND FAA WERE NOTIFIED OF THE ACCIDENT.

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.

PA28 lands with gear only partially extended during a commercial check ride with an FAA examiner on board.