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A piper PA28 RT201 on final approach pilot is distraction by a sick passenger and fails to extend landing gear incurring aircraft damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 521034 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200108 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| 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 : 109 flight time total : 189 flight time type : 85 |
| ASRS Report | 521034 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Passenger Human Performance Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Upon approach to landing at ZZZ my son vomited from motion sickness. This distraction me during setup for landing. After I went back to final landing checks, I missed checking for wheels down. By the time I realized my wheels were not down, I was too low and too slow to go around. I felt landing on the belly of the airplane was the safest decision. I turned off all power and cut fuel off. We landed at a low airspeed and touched down on the plane's belly, slid about 100 ft and stopped in the center of the runway. I then called unicom on the radio and ran over to the FBO to get them to tow the plane off the runway as soon as possible. They did. No one was hurt. The plane's airframe had very little damage. However, the propeller did hit the ground. The prevention would have to be: if distraction during approach to landing, completely start your landing checklist over and be sure all is ok, otherwise go around for a new approach to landing, get passenger under control, then land.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PIPER PA28 RT201 ON FINAL APCH PLT IS DISTR BY A SICK PAX AND FAILS TO EXTEND LNDG GEAR INCURRING ACFT DAMAGE.
Narrative: UPON APCH TO LNDG AT ZZZ MY SON VOMITED FROM MOTION SICKNESS. THIS DISTR ME DURING SETUP FOR LNDG. AFTER I WENT BACK TO FINAL LNDG CHKS, I MISSED CHKING FOR WHEELS DOWN. BY THE TIME I REALIZED MY WHEELS WERE NOT DOWN, I WAS TOO LOW AND TOO SLOW TO GO AROUND. I FELT LNDG ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRPLANE WAS THE SAFEST DECISION. I TURNED OFF ALL PWR AND CUT FUEL OFF. WE LANDED AT A LOW AIRSPD AND TOUCHED DOWN ON THE PLANE'S BELLY, SLID ABOUT 100 FT AND STOPPED IN THE CENTER OF THE RWY. I THEN CALLED UNICOM ON THE RADIO AND RAN OVER TO THE FBO TO GET THEM TO TOW THE PLANE OFF THE RWY ASAP. THEY DID. NO ONE WAS HURT. THE PLANE'S AIRFRAME HAD VERY LITTLE DAMAGE. HOWEVER, THE PROP DID HIT THE GND. THE PREVENTION WOULD HAVE TO BE: IF DISTR DURING APCH TO LNDG, COMPLETELY START YOUR LNDG CHKLIST OVER AND BE SURE ALL IS OK, OTHERWISE GO AROUND FOR A NEW APCH TO LNDG, GET PAX UNDER CTL, THEN LAND.
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.