MO2J pilot forgot to put gear down.

Attributes
ACN	443835
Time
Date	199907
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : agc.airport
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : agc.tower
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	M-20 J (201)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	ils localizer & glide slope : 28
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Route In Use	approach : visual approach : instrument precision
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 2657 flight time type : 80
ASRS Report	443825
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Prior to arriving at the NDB, I was vectored short of the NDB and given a clearance direct to the approach course, cleared for the ILS and cleared to land -- all with the request to keep up my airspeed for additional arriving traffic. Simply, I was high and fast when I began the approach. At 130-140 KTS (ground speed) it required more than a 1000 FPM descent in order to hold the glide path. The approach was uneventful until just prior to the MM when I began to slow for landing. As I slowed, the gear warning alarm went off just at the MM and my first reaction was to reach up and turn off the audio component of the marker beacon on the instrument panel. Although the warning horn continued to go off, I became preoccupied with slowing the airplane for a 65-70 KT touchdown -- all the time continuing to confuse the gear warning audio alarm with the MM audio component. The RPM was fully retarded so when the propeller struck the runway the engine immediately quit. The landing was reasonably soft and the airplane remained close to the centerline while it skid a short distance down the runway. I was not injured. There were no passenger.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MO2J PLT FORGOT TO PUT GEAR DOWN.

Narrative: PRIOR TO ARRIVING AT THE NDB, I WAS VECTORED SHORT OF THE NDB AND GIVEN A CLRNC DIRECT TO THE APCH COURSE, CLRED FOR THE ILS AND CLRED TO LAND -- ALL WITH THE REQUEST TO KEEP UP MY AIRSPD FOR ADDITIONAL ARRIVING TFC. SIMPLY, I WAS HIGH AND FAST WHEN I BEGAN THE APCH. AT 130-140 KTS (GND SPD) IT REQUIRED MORE THAN A 1000 FPM DSCNT IN ORDER TO HOLD THE GLIDE PATH. THE APCH WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL JUST PRIOR TO THE MM WHEN I BEGAN TO SLOW FOR LNDG. AS I SLOWED, THE GEAR WARNING ALARM WENT OFF JUST AT THE MM AND MY FIRST REACTION WAS TO REACH UP AND TURN OFF THE AUDIO COMPONENT OF THE MARKER BEACON ON THE INST PANEL. ALTHOUGH THE WARNING HORN CONTINUED TO GO OFF, I BECAME PREOCCUPIED WITH SLOWING THE AIRPLANE FOR A 65-70 KT TOUCHDOWN -- ALL THE TIME CONTINUING TO CONFUSE THE GEAR WARNING AUDIO ALARM WITH THE MM AUDIO COMPONENT. THE RPM WAS FULLY RETARDED SO WHEN THE PROP STRUCK THE RWY THE ENG IMMEDIATELY QUIT. THE LNDG WAS REASONABLY SOFT AND THE AIRPLANE REMAINED CLOSE TO THE CTRLINE WHILE IT SKID A SHORT DISTANCE DOWN THE RWY. I WAS NOT INJURED. THERE WERE NO PAX.

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.