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Bonanza pilot reported being distracted by conversation with a passenger and forgot to lower the landing gear.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1421223 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201701 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Twin Bonanza 50 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Landing Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Rotorcraft Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 4000 Flight Crew Type 800 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Gear Up Landing |
Narrative:
Made a normal approach to landing and was explaining the setup procedures to a passenger who happens to be a pilot. Got distracted in the conversation and did not notice that the landing gear did not deploy; resulting in a gear up landing. When aircraft was raised; the gear deployed after the circuit breaker was reset.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Bonanza pilot reported being distracted by conversation with a passenger and forgot to lower the landing gear.
Narrative: Made a normal approach to landing and was explaining the setup procedures to a passenger who happens to be a pilot. Got distracted in the conversation and did not notice that the Landing Gear did not deploy; resulting in a Gear Up Landing. When aircraft was raised; the gear deployed after the CB was reset.
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.