Atx pilot of a beech baron BE58 forgot to lower the landing gear after retracting the gear for misse...

Attributes
ACN	431290
Time
Date	199903
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lnp.airport
State Reference	VA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Weather Elements	Snow Fog
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Baron 58/58TC
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 88 flight time total : 9390 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	431290
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

I executed the approach to runway 24 at wise. The winds were 340 degrees at 8 KTS gusting to 10 KTS. When I reached the minimum descent altitude and missed approach point, I didn't see the runway so I started a missed approach. I started to advance throttles and retracted the gear which I had extended upon beginning descent. Immediately afterwards, I picked up the runway and attempted to circle and land on runway 24 I turned right downwind and announced my intentions on unicom. I turned base and final to runway 24 and landing having forgotten that I had retracted the landing gear. I was so preoccupied with staying out of clouds and maintaining visual contact with the runway I forgot to re-extend the landing gear. I did not hear the throttle horn. It apparently failed. I believe this incident could have been prevented had I not abandoned the missed and attempted to circle and land. Contributing factors were distraction, attempting to maneuver the aircraft while trying to maintain visual contact with the landing environment, and the failed gear horn. I believe the best way of preventing this incident from recurring is once the missed approach is initiated, do not abandon it and attempt a circling approach to landing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATX PLT OF A BEECH BARON BE58 FORGOT TO LOWER THE LNDG GEAR AFTER RETRACTING THE GEAR FOR MISSED APCH AND THEN CIRCLING TO LAND.

Narrative: I EXECUTED THE APCH TO RWY 24 AT WISE. THE WINDS WERE 340 DEGS AT 8 KTS GUSTING TO 10 KTS. WHEN I REACHED THE MINIMUM DSCNT ALT AND MISSED APCH POINT, I DIDN'T SEE THE RWY SO I STARTED A MISSED APCH. I STARTED TO ADVANCE THROTTLES AND RETRACTED THE GEAR WHICH I HAD EXTENDED UPON BEGINNING DSCNT. IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS, I PICKED UP THE RWY AND ATTEMPTED TO CIRCLE AND LAND ON RWY 24 I TURNED R DOWNWIND AND ANNOUNCED MY INTENTIONS ON UNICOM. I TURNED BASE AND FINAL TO RWY 24 AND LNDG HAVING FORGOTTEN THAT I HAD RETRACTED THE LNDG GEAR. I WAS SO PREOCCUPIED WITH STAYING OUT OF CLOUDS AND MAINTAINING VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE RWY I FORGOT TO RE-EXTEND THE LNDG GEAR. I DID NOT HEAR THE THROTTLE HORN. IT APPARENTLY FAILED. I BELIEVE THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED HAD I NOT ABANDONED THE MISSED AND ATTEMPTED TO CIRCLE AND LAND. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE DISTR, ATTEMPTING TO MANEUVER THE ACFT WHILE TRYING TO MAINTAIN VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE LNDG ENVIRONMENT, AND THE FAILED GEAR HORN. I BELIEVE THE BEST WAY OF PREVENTING THIS INCIDENT FROM RECURRING IS ONCE THE MISSED APCH IS INITIATED, DO NOT ABANDON IT AND ATTEMPT A CIRCLING APCH TO LNDG.

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.

Atx pilot of a beech baron BE58 forgot to lower the landing gear after retracting the gear for missed approach and then circling to land.