Narrative:

Gear up landing: problem started following normal takeoff when the luggage door opened fully at approximately 200 ft AGL. Called tower and was given permission to return and cleared to land. My attention was diverted by the additional noise, some objects moving around the cabin and concern that the aircraft performance would be adversely affected by the door positioned directly up in the airstream. Due to this diversion I failed to complete final gumps check and did not see that the landing gear was still up. Did have a very smooth landing. Sudden stop to propeller and engine. Contributing factor to incident was being a low time pilot -- less experience in dealing with unusual sits. Human performance considerations: impact of an unusual situation (even though not an emergency) on normal procedures was much greater than expected. The subject of a cabin door opening during flight came up in my training and in safety meetings that I have attended. Emphasis was placed on the fact that it was not an emergency situation. My recommendation is that training should emphasize the fact that the existence of this type of problem will have a greater impact on the pilot than expected because of the division of his attention and that the pilot needs to be trained to redouble his focus on the basics of flying the plane and following all standard checklists in order to avoid having an incident like mine.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PVT PLT OF AN MO2J FAILED TO PUT THE LNDG GEAR DOWN WHEN RETURNING TO LAND DUE TO THE BAGGAGE DOOR OPENING INFLT. THE UNUSUAL WIND NOISE OF THE DOOR OPENING CREATED SUCH A DISTR THAT RPTR DID NOT USE HIS USUAL CHK PROC PRIOR TO LNDG.

Narrative: GEAR UP LNDG: PROB STARTED FOLLOWING NORMAL TKOF WHEN THE LUGGAGE DOOR OPENED FULLY AT APPROX 200 FT AGL. CALLED TWR AND WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO RETURN AND CLRED TO LAND. MY ATTN WAS DIVERTED BY THE ADDITIONAL NOISE, SOME OBJECTS MOVING AROUND THE CABIN AND CONCERN THAT THE ACFT PERFORMANCE WOULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE DOOR POSITIONED DIRECTLY UP IN THE AIRSTREAM. DUE TO THIS DIVERSION I FAILED TO COMPLETE FINAL GUMPS CHK AND DID NOT SEE THAT THE LNDG GEAR WAS STILL UP. DID HAVE A VERY SMOOTH LNDG. SUDDEN STOP TO PROP AND ENG. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO INCIDENT WAS BEING A LOW TIME PLT -- LESS EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH UNUSUAL SITS. HUMAN PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS: IMPACT OF AN UNUSUAL SIT (EVEN THOUGH NOT AN EMER) ON NORMAL PROCS WAS MUCH GREATER THAN EXPECTED. THE SUBJECT OF A CABIN DOOR OPENING DURING FLT CAME UP IN MY TRAINING AND IN SAFETY MEETINGS THAT I HAVE ATTENDED. EMPHASIS WAS PLACED ON THE FACT THAT IT WAS NOT AN EMER SIT. MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT TRAINING SHOULD EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT THE EXISTENCE OF THIS TYPE OF PROB WILL HAVE A GREATER IMPACT ON THE PLT THAN EXPECTED BECAUSE OF THE DIVISION OF HIS ATTN AND THAT THE PLT NEEDS TO BE TRAINED TO REDOUBLE HIS FOCUS ON THE BASICS OF FLYING THE PLANE AND FOLLOWING ALL STANDARD CHKLISTS IN ORDER TO AVOID HAVING AN INCIDENT LIKE MINE.

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.