Gear up landing at non tower private airport.

Attributes
ACN	252340
Time
Date	199309
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : wv12
State Reference	WV
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, High Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	descent : approach ground : preflight landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time total : 6500
ASRS Report	252340
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other spatial deviation
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:

I made a 'wheels up' landing at mallory airport on sep/sat/93. This was due to the major distraction of having no airspeed indication. The airspeed indicator was inoperative because the pitot cover was not removed during my preflight inspection. After discovering the nonfunctional airspeed indicator, I decided to land at my aircraft's home base since I was very familiar with the approach there. Having made literally hundreds of lndgs at mallory airport, I knew I could make maximum use of the visual cues needed to maintain a safe approach airspeed. The lack of an airspeed indicator did not seem to pose a significant safety problem to landing. During the approach, I was concentrating heavily on maintaining a safe airspeed and flying a perfect approach since mallory airport is a difficult field to execute a go around from. This extra attention outside the cockpit diverted me from my standard routine and I did not complete the 'wheels down' part of the landing procedure nor my customary second check of 'gear down' on short final. The lesson learned is to always fly using standardized approach procedures, i.e., use the checklists, in abnormal circumstances or with distrs regardless of how benign they may seem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GEAR UP LNDG AT NON TWR PVT ARPT.

Narrative: I MADE A 'WHEELS UP' LNDG AT MALLORY ARPT ON SEP/SAT/93. THIS WAS DUE TO THE MAJOR DISTR OF HAVING NO AIRSPD INDICATION. THE AIRSPD INDICATOR WAS INOP BECAUSE THE PITOT COVER WAS NOT REMOVED DURING MY PREFLT INSPECTION. AFTER DISCOVERING THE NONFUNCTIONAL AIRSPD INDICATOR, I DECIDED TO LAND AT MY ACFT'S HOME BASE SINCE I WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE APCH THERE. HAVING MADE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF LNDGS AT MALLORY ARPT, I KNEW I COULD MAKE MAX USE OF THE VISUAL CUES NEEDED TO MAINTAIN A SAFE APCH AIRSPD. THE LACK OF AN AIRSPD INDICATOR DID NOT SEEM TO POSE A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY PROB TO LNDG. DURING THE APCH, I WAS CONCENTRATING HEAVILY ON MAINTAINING A SAFE AIRSPD AND FLYING A PERFECT APCH SINCE MALLORY ARPT IS A DIFFICULT FIELD TO EXECUTE A GAR FROM. THIS EXTRA ATTN OUTSIDE THE COCKPIT DIVERTED ME FROM MY STANDARD ROUTINE AND I DID NOT COMPLETE THE 'WHEELS DOWN' PART OF THE LNDG PROC NOR MY CUSTOMARY SECOND CHK OF 'GEAR DOWN' ON SHORT FINAL. THE LESSON LEARNED IS TO ALWAYS FLY USING STANDARDIZED APCH PROCS, I.E., USE THE CHKLISTS, IN ABNORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR WITH DISTRS REGARDLESS OF HOW BENIGN THEY MAY SEEM.

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.