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Amateur built small aircraft pilot forgot gear down and landed gear up. Gear warning indicator was not working.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 559553 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200209 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sln.airport |
| State Reference | KS |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Experimental |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : roll |
| Route In Use | approach : traffic pattern |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 1500 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 559553 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | controller : local |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe ground encounters : gear up landing non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Rapid descent from 9000 ft MSL resulted in high airspeed in keeping with ATC order to 'keep speed up.' heavy traffic congestion distraction my usual approach to land process. Tower did not see my wheels were up. My gear warning system failed. I landed gear up.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AMATEUR BUILT SMA PLT FORGOT GEAR DOWN AND LANDED GEAR UP. GEAR WARNING INDICATOR WAS NOT WORKING.
Narrative: RAPID DSCNT FROM 9000 FT MSL RESULTED IN HIGH AIRSPD IN KEEPING WITH ATC ORDER TO 'KEEP SPD UP.' HVY TFC CONGESTION DISTR MY USUAL APCH TO LAND PROCESS. TWR DID NOT SEE MY WHEELS WERE UP. MY GEAR WARNING SYS FAILED. I LANDED GEAR UP.
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.