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During a commercial pilot examination, the aircraft was inadvertently landed with the nose gear up. Instructor pilot proficiency in doubt.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 251306 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199309 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : s36 |
| State Reference | WA |
| 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, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | observation : company check pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 22000 flight time type : 20 |
| ASRS Report | 251306 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I, as a pilot examiner, was conducting a commercial pilot flight chkride. Applicant was doing a steep spiral to an emergency landing at crest airport. The applicant did not use a pre-landing checklist and, as pilot examiner, I noticed at the start of the spiral that he had not put the gear down. During the land phase I asked him if we were going to be too long on our landing. He said that we would be all right and I forgot that he had not lowered the landing gear. It was in an small aircraft which has the system which lowers the gear when the airspeed gets below 80 mph. The main gear locked down but the nose gear didn't have the time to lock. We damaged the propeller on landing. There was no one hurt.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DURING A COMMERCIAL PLT EXAMINATION, THE ACFT WAS INADVERTENTLY LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR UP. INSTRUCTOR PLT PROFICIENCY IN DOUBT.
Narrative: I, AS A PLT EXAMINER, WAS CONDUCTING A COMMERCIAL PLT FLT CHKRIDE. APPLICANT WAS DOING A STEEP SPIRAL TO AN EMER LNDG AT CREST ARPT. THE APPLICANT DID NOT USE A PRE-LNDG CHKLIST AND, AS PLT EXAMINER, I NOTICED AT THE START OF THE SPIRAL THAT HE HAD NOT PUT THE GEAR DOWN. DURING THE LAND PHASE I ASKED HIM IF WE WERE GOING TO BE TOO LONG ON OUR LNDG. HE SAID THAT WE WOULD BE ALL RIGHT AND I FORGOT THAT HE HAD NOT LOWERED THE LNDG GEAR. IT WAS IN AN SMA WHICH HAS THE SYS WHICH LOWERS THE GEAR WHEN THE AIRSPD GETS BELOW 80 MPH. THE MAIN GEAR LOCKED DOWN BUT THE NOSE GEAR DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO LOCK. WE DAMAGED THE PROP ON LNDG. THERE WAS NO ONE HURT.
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.