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While practicing touch-and-go lndgs during a biannual flight review, the pilot (and flight instructor) forgot to extend the gear for landing, and the piper arrow landed gear up. Aural warning and automatic extension system were inoperative.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 303922 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199505 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 3g8 |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee Arrow IV |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 24 flight time total : 1975 flight time type : 24 |
| ASRS Report | 303922 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
While on a biannual flight test and practicing touch-and-G0 crosswind lndgs, we landed gear up and skidded 250 ft. Landing was on centerline of runway at 60 KTS. All procedures were followed, including landing check. Later, while plane was jacked up and checked by FAA personnel, it was found that alarm horn was not functional. Note: it is supposed to be impossible to land gear up at stall speed and throttle off without the automatic gear down mechanism on my cherokee arrow. Another myth shattered. Damage: propeller, minor skid rails, antennae. The people at the facility told me that they saw me coming in wheels up but could not contact me as they just lost their unicom and were not allowed to broadcast. They used to have a unicom here the last time I was here. What a shame.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LNDGS DURING A BIANNUAL FLT REVIEW, THE PLT (AND FLT INSTRUCTOR) FORGOT TO EXTEND THE GEAR FOR LNDG, AND THE PIPER ARROW LANDED GEAR UP. AURAL WARNING AND AUTOMATIC EXTENSION SYS WERE INOP.
Narrative: WHILE ON A BIANNUAL FLT TEST AND PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-G0 XWIND LNDGS, WE LANDED GEAR UP AND SKIDDED 250 FT. LNDG WAS ON CTRLINE OF RWY AT 60 KTS. ALL PROCS WERE FOLLOWED, INCLUDING LNDG CHK. LATER, WHILE PLANE WAS JACKED UP AND CHKED BY FAA PERSONNEL, IT WAS FOUND THAT ALARM HORN WAS NOT FUNCTIONAL. NOTE: IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO LAND GEAR UP AT STALL SPD AND THROTTLE OFF WITHOUT THE AUTOMATIC GEAR DOWN MECHANISM ON MY CHEROKEE ARROW. ANOTHER MYTH SHATTERED. DAMAGE: PROP, MINOR SKID RAILS, ANTENNAE. THE PEOPLE AT THE FACILITY TOLD ME THAT THEY SAW ME COMING IN WHEELS UP BUT COULD NOT CONTACT ME AS THEY JUST LOST THEIR UNICOM AND WERE NOT ALLOWED TO BROADCAST. THEY USED TO HAVE A UNICOM HERE THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE. WHAT A SHAME.
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.