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Pilot of a C337, super 'push pull' skymaster, failed to put the landing gear down and landed gear up damaging the underside of the fuselage, one vertical stabilizer, radio antennas, and both propeller blades.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 383487 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199710 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 2w6 |
| State Reference | MD |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Super Skymaster |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 254 flight time total : 995 flight time type : 9 |
| ASRS Report | 383487 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot observation : observer |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : instrument pilot : cfi |
| ASRS Report | 383682 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly 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:
The purpose of this flight was to check the operation of the communication radios onboard the aircraft. Previous to this flight, 6.3 hours of flying had been done. Flight time was in a C337, and a piper navajo PA31-350, 3.4 hours and 2.9 hours, respectively. We had conducted 4 successful touch and go takeoff and lndgs, with the 5TH ending in a gear up landing. Possible contributing factors may have been fatigue due to the previous flying of the day, complacency by not using a checklist or gumps check, failure to hear a gear warning horn, or the gear down green light visually, and failure to check the gear visually out of the left and right window. Aircraft damage was limited to: the bottom of the left vertical stabilizer, scratched fiberglass, dented skin and small puncture holes in the belly of the fuselage, a GPS, and a UHF antenna destroyed. Both propeller blades on the front and back were bent to the point where they were unusable. At the time of this report, damage to the engines is not known.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A C337, SUPER 'PUSH PULL' SKYMASTER, FAILED TO PUT THE LNDG GEAR DOWN AND LANDED GEAR UP DAMAGING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE, ONE VERT STABILIZER, RADIO ANTENNAS, AND BOTH PROP BLADES.
Narrative: THE PURPOSE OF THIS FLT WAS TO CHK THE OP OF THE COM RADIOS ONBOARD THE ACFT. PREVIOUS TO THIS FLT, 6.3 HRS OF FLYING HAD BEEN DONE. FLT TIME WAS IN A C337, AND A PIPER NAVAJO PA31-350, 3.4 HRS AND 2.9 HRS, RESPECTIVELY. WE HAD CONDUCTED 4 SUCCESSFUL TOUCH AND GO TKOF AND LNDGS, WITH THE 5TH ENDING IN A GEAR UP LNDG. POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS MAY HAVE BEEN FATIGUE DUE TO THE PREVIOUS FLYING OF THE DAY, COMPLACENCY BY NOT USING A CHKLIST OR GUMPS CHK, FAILURE TO HEAR A GEAR WARNING HORN, OR THE GEAR DOWN GREEN LIGHT VISUALLY, AND FAILURE TO CHK THE GEAR VISUALLY OUT OF THE L AND R WINDOW. ACFT DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO: THE BOTTOM OF THE L VERT STABILIZER, SCRATCHED FIBERGLASS, DENTED SKIN AND SMALL PUNCTURE HOLES IN THE BELLY OF THE FUSELAGE, A GPS, AND A UHF ANTENNA DESTROYED. BOTH PROP BLADES ON THE FRONT AND BACK WERE BENT TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WERE UNUSABLE. AT THE TIME OF THIS RPT, DAMAGE TO THE ENGS IS NOT KNOWN.
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.