An instructor pilot report of a gear up landing during a simulated 1 engine inoperative NDB approach...

Attributes
ACN	418928
Time
Date	199810
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dvl airport : dvl
State Reference	ND
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 2 Eng, Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : instructor oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 165 flight time total : 943 flight time type : 175
ASRS Report	418928
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified 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:

I was the flight instructor on a dual training lesson in a piper seminole. My student was executing a single engine approach (NDB 31 dvl) at devils lake. I told him to remove the foggles at 200 ft above MDA and do his final check. He didn't do the final check and I started to do it. Mixtures rich, propellers full forward. I told him he had the second throttle for a go around if needed. At that point, I always check the gear to make sure it's down and locked. However, I was distraction by the displaced threshold, which I knew was there but didn't know if my student realized it or not. From that point on, I don't remember hearing the gear warning horn or checking the gear. We landed gear up. I think this could have been prevented if I would have included in my prebrief with my student the fact that runway 31 at devils lake has a displaced threshold and if I wouldn't have broken the sterile cockpit rule at such a critical phase of the flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN INSTRUCTOR PLT RPT OF A GEAR UP LNDG DURING A SIMULATED 1 ENG INOP NDB APCH TO DVL, ND.

Narrative: I WAS THE FLT INSTRUCTOR ON A DUAL TRAINING LESSON IN A PIPER SEMINOLE. MY STUDENT WAS EXECUTING A SINGLE ENG APCH (NDB 31 DVL) AT DEVILS LAKE. I TOLD HIM TO REMOVE THE FOGGLES AT 200 FT ABOVE MDA AND DO HIS FINAL CHK. HE DIDN'T DO THE FINAL CHK AND I STARTED TO DO IT. MIXTURES RICH, PROPS FULL FORWARD. I TOLD HIM HE HAD THE SECOND THROTTLE FOR A GAR IF NEEDED. AT THAT POINT, I ALWAYS CHK THE GEAR TO MAKE SURE IT'S DOWN AND LOCKED. HOWEVER, I WAS DISTR BY THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD, WHICH I KNEW WAS THERE BUT DIDN'T KNOW IF MY STUDENT REALIZED IT OR NOT. FROM THAT POINT ON, I DON'T REMEMBER HEARING THE GEAR WARNING HORN OR CHKING THE GEAR. WE LANDED GEAR UP. I THINK THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF I WOULD HAVE INCLUDED IN MY PREBRIEF WITH MY STUDENT THE FACT THAT RWY 31 AT DEVILS LAKE HAS A DISPLACED THRESHOLD AND IF I WOULDN'T HAVE BROKEN THE STERILE COCKPIT RULE AT SUCH A CRITICAL PHASE OF THE FLT.

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.

An instructor pilot report of a gear up landing during a simulated 1 engine inoperative NDB approach to dvl, nd.