Aircraft equipment problem -- gear up landing -- the pilot put the gear lever down, but the circuit ...

Attributes
ACN	302931
Time
Date	199504
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : een
State Reference	NH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : chs
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 31 flight time total : 956 flight time type : 168
ASRS Report	302931
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I did my run up and magnetos checked out ok. Took off to the west towards vermont. It was very turbulent, flew around for about 40 mins. Coming back towards keane, down to pattern altitude I announced left downwind for runway 32, slowed down to gear extension speed, checked gas on tank with most gas, gear lever down, extend to 1/2 flaps and announced turning left base, still fast, more flaps. Turning final runway 32, full flaps, speed ok (turbulent) wind shifting about 290 degree left crosswind, better to land to left of centerline, everything looks good, trim more up, more correction to left, looks good. Touchdown, the belly scraped and the propeller hit the runway. The plane came to a stop to the right of centerline, the engine was still turning. I shut the engine off and removed the headset (noise canceling). The gear horn was on and the gear lever was down and the circuit breaker for the gear was popped. This incident could have been prevented if the gear horn could be connected to the headset. Noise canceling headsets work very well.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT EQUIP PROB -- GEAR UP LNDG -- THE PLT PUT THE GEAR LEVER DOWN, BUT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER OPENED AND THE PLT DID NOT HEAR THE WARNING HORN.

Narrative: I DID MY RUN UP AND MAGNETOS CHKED OUT OK. TOOK OFF TO THE W TOWARDS VERMONT. IT WAS VERY TURBULENT, FLEW AROUND FOR ABOUT 40 MINS. COMING BACK TOWARDS KEANE, DOWN TO PATTERN ALT I ANNOUNCED L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 32, SLOWED DOWN TO GEAR EXTENSION SPD, CHKED GAS ON TANK WITH MOST GAS, GEAR LEVER DOWN, EXTEND TO 1/2 FLAPS AND ANNOUNCED TURNING L BASE, STILL FAST, MORE FLAPS. TURNING FINAL RWY 32, FULL FLAPS, SPD OK (TURBULENT) WIND SHIFTING ABOUT 290 DEG L XWIND, BETTER TO LAND TO L OF CTRLINE, EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD, TRIM MORE UP, MORE CORRECTION TO L, LOOKS GOOD. TOUCHDOWN, THE BELLY SCRAPED AND THE PROP HIT THE RWY. THE PLANE CAME TO A STOP TO THE R OF CTRLINE, THE ENG WAS STILL TURNING. I SHUT THE ENG OFF AND REMOVED THE HEADSET (NOISE CANCELING). THE GEAR HORN WAS ON AND THE GEAR LEVER WAS DOWN AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE GEAR WAS POPPED. THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF THE GEAR HORN COULD BE CONNECTED TO THE HEADSET. NOISE CANCELING HEADSETS WORK VERY WELL.

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.

Aircraft equipment problem -- gear up landing -- the pilot put the gear lever down, but the circuit breaker opened and the pilot did not hear the warning horn.