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A part 135 cargo pilot lands with gear not extended and manages to perform a go around when a scraping sound was heard at ZZZ.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 590149 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200308 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | landing : go around landing : roll |
| Route In Use | arrival : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 1800 flight time type : 90 |
| ASRS Report | 590149 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters : gear up landing non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : executed go around other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance Aircraft Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I approached ZZZ. I was held high and told to keep speed higher than I usually do. During the descent, I lowered the gear handle. The gear doors were opening and I continued my descent. Released to tower and descending, I lowered the flaps. Flaps take 27 seconds to reach the 20 degree setting. At this point, the gear horn should sound. The gear horn can also be activated by a reduction in power to flight idle. I was unable to reduce power to flight idle due to the negative torque sensing system activating. Even though the gear handle was down, the gear did not extend. I continued the approach to landing, not noticing the gear indicators were not showing the gear to be down. I heard the bottom of the airplane scrape the runway, pulled the yoke back and added power. During the climb and return for landing, I was able to get the gear down. I returned for a landing with no further problems and landed. Several factors contributed to this incident: above normal approach altitudes and speeds, failure of the gear to extend, and pilot not verifying gear was down. To prevent this from happening again, ATC could have provided a more stable approach which would have given me more time for proper procedures. I should have checked the gear indicators and followed procedures.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PART 135 CARGO PLT LANDS WITH GEAR NOT EXTENDED AND MANAGES TO PERFORM A GAR WHEN A SCRAPING SOUND WAS HEARD AT ZZZ.
Narrative: I APCHED ZZZ. I WAS HELD HIGH AND TOLD TO KEEP SPD HIGHER THAN I USUALLY DO. DURING THE DSCNT, I LOWERED THE GEAR HANDLE. THE GEAR DOORS WERE OPENING AND I CONTINUED MY DSCNT. RELEASED TO TWR AND DSNDING, I LOWERED THE FLAPS. FLAPS TAKE 27 SECONDS TO REACH THE 20 DEG SETTING. AT THIS POINT, THE GEAR HORN SHOULD SOUND. THE GEAR HORN CAN ALSO BE ACTIVATED BY A REDUCTION IN PWR TO FLT IDLE. I WAS UNABLE TO REDUCE PWR TO FLT IDLE DUE TO THE NEGATIVE TORQUE SENSING SYS ACTIVATING. EVEN THOUGH THE GEAR HANDLE WAS DOWN, THE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. I CONTINUED THE APCH TO LNDG, NOT NOTICING THE GEAR INDICATORS WERE NOT SHOWING THE GEAR TO BE DOWN. I HEARD THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRPLANE SCRAPE THE RWY, PULLED THE YOKE BACK AND ADDED PWR. DURING THE CLB AND RETURN FOR LNDG, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE GEAR DOWN. I RETURNED FOR A LNDG WITH NO FURTHER PROBS AND LANDED. SEVERAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS INCIDENT: ABOVE NORMAL APCH ALTS AND SPDS, FAILURE OF THE GEAR TO EXTEND, AND PLT NOT VERIFYING GEAR WAS DOWN. TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, ATC COULD HAVE PROVIDED A MORE STABLE APCH WHICH WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME MORE TIME FOR PROPER PROCS. I SHOULD HAVE CHKED THE GEAR INDICATORS AND FOLLOWED PROCS.
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.