King air pilot reported a gear up landing following a skydiving operation that typically deactivated...

Attributes
ACN	1449581
Time
Date	201705
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	King Air C90 E90
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 119
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Component
Aircraft Component	Gear Lever/Selector
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 32 Flight Crew Total 1386 Flight Crew Type 188
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Gear Up Landing

Narrative:

Was landing after flying the second jump-load of the day. Jump run was to 14;500 MSL. There was active sailplane/glider ops taking place at the same time. Tow plane was landing and on left base for runway. I was number 2 to land. Due to the moderate right crosswind of 10-15 knots; I elected to use approach flap setting. I failed to extend the landing gear as part of my pre-landing checklist. Landed gear up. The aircraft had the landing gear warning breaker pulled; as well as the stall warning. This is common in the skydiving industry when utilizing a kingair as a jump plane. Due to the climbs that are at vyse (best rate of climb). Jump runs at 90-95 knots indicated airspeed; with power pulled back to 200 pounds of torque on each engine and a 1000 FPM descent established. Both alarms will incessantly go off while on climb and jump run; distracting the pilot.fix to the problem. Mandate that all skydiving operations utilizing a kingair or any retractable gear airplane; conduct all operations with the landing gear down and locked at all times.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: King Air pilot reported a gear up landing following a skydiving operation that typically deactivated the landing gear warning to prevent unwanted warnings during jump runs.

Narrative: Was landing after flying the second jump-load of the day. Jump run was to 14;500 MSL. There was active sailplane/glider ops taking place at the same time. Tow plane was landing and on left base for runway. I was number 2 to land. Due to the moderate right crosswind of 10-15 knots; I elected to use approach flap setting. I failed to extend the landing gear as part of my pre-landing checklist. Landed gear up. The aircraft had the landing gear warning breaker pulled; as well as the stall warning. This is common in the skydiving industry when utilizing a Kingair as a jump plane. Due to the climbs that are at Vyse (best rate of climb). Jump runs at 90-95 knots indicated airspeed; with power pulled back to 200 LBS of torque on each engine and a 1000 FPM descent established. Both alarms will incessantly go off while on climb and jump run; distracting the pilot.Fix to the problem. Mandate that all skydiving operations utilizing a Kingair or any retractable gear airplane; conduct all operations with the landing gear down and locked at all times.

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.

King air pilot reported a gear up landing following a skydiving operation that typically deactivated the landing gear warning to prevent unwanted warnings during jump runs.