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A P180 pilot executed a go around after hearing a scrapping sound in the flare. The landing gear had not been lowered.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 878279 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201003 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | P180 Avanti |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Landing Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 12 Flight Crew Total 10258 Flight Crew Type 1178 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft |
Narrative:
I was flying a piaggio to a nearby airport for maintenance. Upon taking off I realized I had a primary trim failure; I then selected secondary trim and continued my flight. When handed off by center to approach; they gave me vectors for runway 23. I was having trouble locating my traffic on final. When I went to lower the gear I noticed my speed was a little high. I then went back to find my traffic. I spotted it on short final. With the trim in secondary you have a split switch on the pedestal. So I continued working the trim and turned final. In the flair; I heard an unusual noise like something scrapping. I elected to go-around and notified the tower. I then noticed I had failed to lower the gear. I then lowered the gear and returned for landing and taxied to FBO. I believe that being distracted by the secondary trim; which is half the speed of the primary trim and not being able to find my traffic contributed to my oversight of the gear. Checklist; checklist. I've been flying for many years you would think that you would not fall into an error chain.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A P180 Pilot executed a go around after hearing a scrapping sound in the flare. The landing gear had not been lowered.
Narrative: I was flying a Piaggio to a nearby airport for maintenance. Upon taking off I realized I had a primary trim failure; I then selected secondary trim and continued my flight. When handed off by Center to Approach; they gave me vectors for Runway 23. I was having trouble locating my traffic on final. When I went to lower the gear I noticed my speed was a little high. I then went back to find my traffic. I spotted it on short final. With the trim in secondary you have a split switch on the pedestal. So I continued working the trim and turned final. In the flair; I heard an unusual noise like something scrapping. I elected to go-around and notified the tower. I then noticed I had failed to lower the gear. I then lowered the gear and returned for landing and taxied to FBO. I believe that being distracted by the secondary trim; which is half the speed of the primary trim and not being able to find my traffic contributed to my oversight of the gear. Checklist; checklist. I've been flying for many years you would think that you would not fall into an error chain.
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.