<< >> NASA ASRS Report 133569, January 1990

Small aircraft pilot looking for 3 aircraft in traffic pattern did not crank down nose gear. Landed, sliding on nose skid.

Attributes
ACN	133569
Time
Date	199001
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dec
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 2000
ASRS Report	133569
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	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:

On final approach there were 3 aircraft in approach reported by the tower, not in sight, during the time I would normally be cranking down the nose gear and was trying to locate the other traffic. With this distraction, I touched down on the main gear which did not damage homebuilt small aircraft, only sliding on an aluminum skid under the nose.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA PLT LOOKING FOR 3 ACFT IN TRAFFIC PATTERN DID NOT CRANK DOWN NOSE GEAR. LANDED, SLIDING ON NOSE SKID.

Narrative: ON FINAL APCH THERE WERE 3 ACFT IN APCH REPORTED BY THE TWR, NOT IN SIGHT, DURING THE TIME I WOULD NORMALLY BE CRANKING DOWN THE NOSE GEAR AND WAS TRYING TO LOCATE THE OTHER TFC. WITH THIS DISTR, I TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN GEAR WHICH DID NOT DAMAGE HOMEBUILT SMA, ONLY SLIDING ON AN ALUMINUM SKID UNDER THE NOSE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.