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Instructor and student of light twin are distracted by another aircraft's emergency and land gear up inadvertently.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 112405 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198905 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hyw |
| State Reference | SC |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 2 Eng, Retractable Gear |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 450 |
| ASRS Report | 112405 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | instruction : trainee |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I think the problem arose when my student and I became disturbed about another aircraft with engine trouble while in the circuit and we cleared the pattern for them. When they finally made it to the runway and they reported clear, we approached and landed. We discovered that the gear was up from the sound of the belly scraping the runway. Fortunately there was no airframe damage or injury to the student or me. The only damage to the aircraft was bent propellers.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT OF LIGHT TWIN ARE DISTRACTED BY ANOTHER ACFT'S EMERGENCY AND LAND GEAR UP INADVERTENTLY.
Narrative: I THINK THE PROBLEM AROSE WHEN MY STUDENT AND I BECAME DISTURBED ABOUT ANOTHER ACFT WITH ENGINE TROUBLE WHILE IN THE CIRCUIT AND WE CLRED THE PATTERN FOR THEM. WHEN THEY FINALLY MADE IT TO THE RWY AND THEY REPORTED CLEAR, WE APCHED AND LANDED. WE DISCOVERED THAT THE GEAR WAS UP FROM THE SOUND OF THE BELLY SCRAPING THE RWY. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO AIRFRAME DAMAGE OR INJURY TO THE STUDENT OR ME. THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE ACFT WAS BENT PROPS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.