An alpha jet pilot reported the tower controller commanded a go around while he was in the landing f...

Narrative:

While [we were] landing after a 2.3 hour mission; had a gear failure to extend. Pattern operations were normal; cockpit indications were normal for an alpha jet. On short final just prior to flare; tower transmitted for my aircraft to 'go around; go around; go around'. I applied full military power; retracted the speed brakes; and set go around pitch attitude. I did not feel the aircraft settle on the runway and in fact; I felt that I had slightly settled on the mains and then lifted off. Immediately after the go around call; tower called that it appeared my nose gear was extended but the mains were not down. As I passed over my flight lead; he noted that all 3 gears appeared down and locked. I had not changed configuration other than retraction of the speed brakes and application of engine power. I performed a precautionary flyby of the tower for a gear check (again; left all configurations as is) and my flight lead on the ground agreed with tower that the gear was down. I performed a normal landing on runway 30 with airport rescue and fire fighting standing by. Landing and rollout was normal. Upon chocking in and engine shutdown - maintenance personnel noted that I had scrapes in the metal on the bottom of my aircraft and I had obviously contacted the runway without gear being fully extended. At no time during the normal pattern; final; and low approach (with contact on the runway) did I have any indication that something was wrong. Aircraft damage was limited to some scraped sheet metal on the bottom of the aircraft but no structural damage is noted at this time. This was a save by tower and they should be commended for their alertness and excellent situational awareness. Without this tower; this could have easily been a major accident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Alpha Jet pilot reported the Tower Controller commanded a go around while he was in the landing flare because his main gear were not down. After a flyby with the gear down and indications normal; a landing was accomplished and minor fuselage damage from a runway contact was discovered.

Narrative: While [we were] landing after a 2.3 hour mission; had a gear failure to extend. Pattern operations were normal; cockpit indications were normal for an Alpha Jet. On short final just prior to flare; Tower transmitted for my aircraft to 'go around; go around; go around'. I applied full military power; retracted the speed brakes; and set go around pitch attitude. I did not feel the aircraft settle on the runway and in fact; I felt that I had slightly settled on the mains and then lifted off. Immediately after the go around call; Tower called that it appeared my nose gear was extended but the mains were not down. As I passed over my flight lead; he noted that all 3 gears appeared down and locked. I had not changed configuration other than retraction of the speed brakes and application of engine power. I performed a precautionary flyby of the Tower for a gear check (again; left all configurations as is) and my flight lead on the ground agreed with Tower that the gear was down. I performed a normal landing on Runway 30 with Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting standing by. Landing and rollout was normal. Upon chocking in and engine shutdown - maintenance personnel noted that I had scrapes in the metal on the bottom of my aircraft and I had obviously contacted the runway without gear being fully extended. At no time during the normal pattern; final; and low approach (with contact on the runway) did I have any indication that something was wrong. Aircraft damage was limited to some scraped sheet metal on the bottom of the aircraft but no structural damage is noted at this time. This was a SAVE by Tower and they should be commended for their alertness and excellent situational awareness. Without this Tower; this could have easily been a major accident.

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.

Attributes
ACN	956493
Time
Date	201106
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Dassault-Breguet Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Main Gear
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 45 Flight Crew Total 7800 Flight Crew Type 150
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft

An alpha jet pilot reported the tower controller commanded a go around while he was in the landing flare because his main gear were not down. After a flyby with the gear down and indications normal; a landing was accomplished and minor fuselage damage from a runway contact was discovered.