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C182RG pilot was distracted looking for departing helicopter traffic and landed gear up after he missed extending the landing gear during his gumps check.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1390489 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201609 |
| 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 | Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Landing Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 70 Flight Crew Total 3660 Flight Crew Type 633 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Gear Up Landing |
Narrative:
As I was approaching the airport from the east I heard a helicopter report that he was departing from the northeast. It was during the time I was doing my gumps check and got distracted looking for the helicopter. I finally spotted the helicopter as I was entering a crosswind for runway 35. It was during this time that I missed the gear part of the gumps check. I did not realize it until I touched down with the gear up. After thinking about what had happened I realize that distractions can cause a pilot to miss going through their checklist. I have learned that from this day forward I will not let distractions keep me from doing the things I need to be doing with the aircraft I am flying.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C182RG pilot was distracted looking for departing helicopter traffic and landed gear up after he missed extending the landing gear during his GUMPS check.
Narrative: As I was approaching the airport from the east I heard a helicopter report that he was departing from the northeast. It was during the time I was doing my GUMPS check and got distracted looking for the helicopter. I finally spotted the helicopter as I was entering a crosswind for runway 35. It was during this time that I missed the gear part of the GUMPS check. I did not realize it until I touched down with the gear up. After thinking about what had happened I realize that distractions can cause a pilot to miss going through their checklist. I have learned that from this day forward I will not let distractions keep me from doing the things I need to be doing with the aircraft I am flying.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.