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Lake LA25, amphibian aircraft, inadvertently landed gear up on uncontrolled airport. There was only minor damage to the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 513359 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200106 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cysc.airport |
| State Reference | PQ |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | LA-250 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 110 flight time total : 224 flight time type : 160 |
| ASRS Report | 513359 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters : gear up landing non adherence : published procedure |
| 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:
As I am a recent pilot (I received my private pilot certificate on feb/xa/01), I make it a point to train regularly on my aircraft (a lake amphibian renegade 250). On jun/xa/01, I gave myself some waterwork, steep turns, rough and glassy water lndgs, as well as air work, slow turns, steep turns, stalls. After this work, I proceeded to shechrader airport for refueling. This is a class east uncontrolled airport. I proceeded to enter the pattern downwind and clearly announced my intentions. 2 aircraft were in proximity. One had just taken off and another was back-taxiing runway 14. I proceeded to go through my checklist on downwind. When I arrived abeam the numbers, I interrupted my checklist to determine if I should extend my downwind for the back-taxiing act. I then continued my checklist inadvertently skipping over the landing gear section. I landed with the gear up. Minimal damage was sustained by the aircraft and the runway was cleared 1 hour later after the airplane's landing gear was extended using jacks. I should have visually checked the gear twice as I was instructed this would have alleviated the incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LAKE LA25, AMPHIBIAN ACFT, INADVERTENTLY LANDED GEAR UP ON UNCTLED ARPT. THERE WAS ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ACFT.
Narrative: AS I AM A RECENT PLT (I RECEIVED MY PVT PLT CERTIFICATE ON FEB/XA/01), I MAKE IT A POINT TO TRAIN REGULARLY ON MY ACFT (A LAKE AMPHIBIAN RENEGADE 250). ON JUN/XA/01, I GAVE MYSELF SOME WATERWORK, STEEP TURNS, ROUGH AND GLASSY WATER LNDGS, AS WELL AS AIR WORK, SLOW TURNS, STEEP TURNS, STALLS. AFTER THIS WORK, I PROCEEDED TO SHECHRADER ARPT FOR REFUELING. THIS IS A CLASS E UNCTLED ARPT. I PROCEEDED TO ENTER THE PATTERN DOWNWIND AND CLRLY ANNOUNCED MY INTENTIONS. 2 ACFT WERE IN PROX. ONE HAD JUST TAKEN OFF AND ANOTHER WAS BACK-TAXIING RWY 14. I PROCEEDED TO GO THROUGH MY CHKLIST ON DOWNWIND. WHEN I ARRIVED ABEAM THE NUMBERS, I INTERRUPTED MY CHKLIST TO DETERMINE IF I SHOULD EXTEND MY DOWNWIND FOR THE BACK-TAXIING ACT. I THEN CONTINUED MY CHKLIST INADVERTENTLY SKIPPING OVER THE LNDG GEAR SECTION. I LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP. MINIMAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED BY THE ACFT AND THE RWY WAS CLRED 1 HR LATER AFTER THE AIRPLANE'S LNDG GEAR WAS EXTENDED USING JACKS. I SHOULD HAVE VISUALLY CHKED THE GEAR TWICE AS I WAS INSTRUCTED THIS WOULD HAVE ALLEVIATED THE INCIDENT.
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.