Narrative:

I flew the aircraft with my flight instructor and the landing gear warning system was malfunctioning. It was beeping while the aircraft was in cruise configuration and sometimes even with the landing gear extended. After that flight my instructor noted the equipment failure in the log form provided by the school. Three days later my instructor and I flew the same aircraft again. We failed to check the maintenance records to verify that the problem with the landing gear warning horn was resolved. After we took off we realized the landing gear warning system was still acting up. We continued the flight assuming it was just the warning system itself. I was receiving flight instruction and was so focused in performing my maneuvers that after a while I just ignored the warning horn. It never crossed my mind that it could be a problem with the landing gear system; since we had flown the plane without incident. My flight instructor didn't express any concern either about that warning sound. During this flight we had also began doing touch and goes to practice soft field; short field; and power off landings and we didn't have any problems. The position indicator light was consistent with the landing gear position at all times. The second flight ended in a mishap. We landed with the main gears extended and the nose wheel in the retracted configuration. The purpose of me filing this form is to report the violation of the rules. My instructor and I failed to check the maintenance records to verify that the airplane was in an airworthy condition. We flew the aircraft with inoperative equipment and even after we realized a problem we continued the flight.

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Title: A C172RG student pilot reported flying the aircraft with a malfunctioning landing gear warning system that resulting in landing with the nose gear retracted.

Narrative: I flew the aircraft with my Flight Instructor and the landing gear warning system was malfunctioning. It was beeping while the aircraft was in cruise configuration and sometimes even with the landing gear extended. After that flight my Instructor noted the equipment failure in the log form provided by the school. Three days later my instructor and I flew the same aircraft again. We failed to check the maintenance records to verify that the problem with the landing gear warning horn was resolved. After we took off we realized the landing gear warning system was still acting up. We continued the flight assuming it was just the warning system itself. I was receiving flight instruction and was so focused in performing my maneuvers that after a while I just ignored the warning horn. It never crossed my mind that it could be a problem with the landing gear system; since we had flown the plane without incident. My Flight Instructor didn't express any concern either about that warning sound. During this flight we had also began doing touch and goes to practice soft field; short field; and power off landings and we didn't have any problems. The position indicator light was consistent with the landing gear position at all times. The second flight ended in a mishap. We landed with the main gears extended and the nose wheel in the retracted configuration. The purpose of me filing this form is to report the violation of the rules. My Instructor and I failed to check the maintenance records to verify that the airplane was in an airworthy condition. We flew the aircraft with inoperative equipment and even after we realized a problem we continued the flight.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.