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YAK52 aircraft. Reporter private pilot forgot to lower landing gear for landing. Reporter called on unicom for landing advisory and was 'mocked' by a childlike voice who said the airport was closed. Being low on fuel reporter had to land and forgot gear.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 346482 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199609 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : f18 |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Experimental |
| 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 : 26 flight time total : 724 flight time type : 58 |
| ASRS Report | 346482 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence other |
| 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:
Sounded like child on radio repeating my transmission of intention to land. I needed fuel but was told airport was closed. I could not make it on to brownwood without fuel, so I decided to land. Someone was mocking my radio xmissions. I forgot to lower my gear. The engineering design on this aircraft does not retract wheels all the way. It is possible to land this aircraft with gear up with only minor damage to tip ends of wood propeller. We repaired propeller, got fuel and flew to brownwood the next day.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: YAK52 ACFT. RPTR PVT PLT FORGOT TO LOWER LNDG GEAR FOR LNDG. RPTR CALLED ON UNICOM FOR LNDG ADVISORY AND WAS 'MOCKED' BY A CHILDLIKE VOICE WHO SAID THE ARPT WAS CLOSED. BEING LOW ON FUEL RPTR HAD TO LAND AND FORGOT GEAR.
Narrative: SOUNDED LIKE CHILD ON RADIO REPEATING MY XMISSION OF INTENTION TO LAND. I NEEDED FUEL BUT WAS TOLD ARPT WAS CLOSED. I COULD NOT MAKE IT ON TO BROWNWOOD WITHOUT FUEL, SO I DECIDED TO LAND. SOMEONE WAS MOCKING MY RADIO XMISSIONS. I FORGOT TO LOWER MY GEAR. THE ENGINEERING DESIGN ON THIS ACFT DOES NOT RETRACT WHEELS ALL THE WAY. IT IS POSSIBLE TO LAND THIS ACFT WITH GEAR UP WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO TIP ENDS OF WOOD PROP. WE REPAIRED PROP, GOT FUEL AND FLEW TO BROWNWOOD THE NEXT DAY.
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.