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Multi-engine pilot, with instructor during recurrent landing practice, pulled the landing gear switch up instead of the flaps during touch-and-go takeoff causing the right propeller and gear door to strike the runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 421889 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199812 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ash |
| State Reference | NH |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Baron 55/Cochise |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 35 flight time total : 2264 flight time type : 179 |
| ASRS Report | 421889 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot instruction : trainee |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : insufficient time |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
This was a training flight for a multi-rated pilot who had not flown a baron for almost a yr. The final phase of the flight was multiple touch-and-goes. Runway 34 was in use, winds reported 290 degrees at 22 KTS gusting to 32 KTS. Accident occurred when student began to accelerate after a touchdown. He selected gear up before airplane had sufficient flying speed. The plane settled and the right propeller and gear door struck the runway. The plane was landed safely. Student cannot say why he moved the gear switch at that point. Possible actions to prevent a recurrence: 1) thorough briefing on position of all switches and to look before activating. 2) hold finger over gear switch until aircraft is safety in the air.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MULTI-ENG PLT, WITH INSTRUCTOR DURING RECURRENT LNDG PRACTICE, PULLED THE LNDG GEAR SWITCH UP INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS DURING TOUCH-AND-GO TKOF CAUSING THE R PROP AND GEAR DOOR TO STRIKE THE RWY.
Narrative: THIS WAS A TRAINING FLT FOR A MULTI-RATED PLT WHO HAD NOT FLOWN A BARON FOR ALMOST A YR. THE FINAL PHASE OF THE FLT WAS MULTIPLE TOUCH-AND-GOES. RWY 34 WAS IN USE, WINDS RPTED 290 DEGS AT 22 KTS GUSTING TO 32 KTS. ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN STUDENT BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AFTER A TOUCHDOWN. HE SELECTED GEAR UP BEFORE AIRPLANE HAD SUFFICIENT FLYING SPD. THE PLANE SETTLED AND THE R PROP AND GEAR DOOR STRUCK THE RWY. THE PLANE WAS LANDED SAFELY. STUDENT CANNOT SAY WHY HE MOVED THE GEAR SWITCH AT THAT POINT. POSSIBLE ACTIONS TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE: 1) THOROUGH BRIEFING ON POS OF ALL SWITCHES AND TO LOOK BEFORE ACTIVATING. 2) HOLD FINGER OVER GEAR SWITCH UNTIL ACFT IS SAFETY IN THE AIR.
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.