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Belly scrape and go around executed after a near gear up landing by the pilot of an AC90 photo aircraft when he forgot to lower the gear on approach to ZZZ, us.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 613597 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200404 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Turbo Commander 690C |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : go around landing : roll |
| Route In Use | arrival : vfr |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 9500 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 613597 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters : gear up landing non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : executed go around |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Passenger Human Performance Environmental Factor ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Problem arose due to a combination of at least 3 factors: 1) fatigue. The flight was a photo-mission flown the 5TH day of consecutive flts totaling 27 hours. This occurrence was on the 7TH landing of the day. 2) distrs. 2 additional passenger in addition to my normal passenger load of 1 photographer were very talkative on the intercom. Interfered with ATC communications several times. 3) poor checklist discipline. Self-explanatory. Resulted partly from fatigue. Description of event: forgot to lower gear. Realized just as airplane was settling in. Added power for a successful go around slightly scraping the belly. Resulted in minor sheet metal damage and 2 destroyed antennas. Problem prevention: maintain strict checklist discipline. Be more proactive when I feel distrs are becoming unmanageable. Do a better job of managing fatigue.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BELLY SCRAPE AND GAR EXECUTED AFTER A NEAR GEAR UP LNDG BY THE PLT OF AN AC90 PHOTO ACFT WHEN HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR ON APCH TO ZZZ, US.
Narrative: PROB AROSE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF AT LEAST 3 FACTORS: 1) FATIGUE. THE FLT WAS A PHOTO-MISSION FLOWN THE 5TH DAY OF CONSECUTIVE FLTS TOTALING 27 HRS. THIS OCCURRENCE WAS ON THE 7TH LNDG OF THE DAY. 2) DISTRS. 2 ADDITIONAL PAX IN ADDITION TO MY NORMAL PAX LOAD OF 1 PHOTOGRAPHER WERE VERY TALKATIVE ON THE INTERCOM. INTERFERED WITH ATC COMS SEVERAL TIMES. 3) POOR CHKLIST DISCIPLINE. SELF-EXPLANATORY. RESULTED PARTLY FROM FATIGUE. DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: FORGOT TO LOWER GEAR. REALIZED JUST AS AIRPLANE WAS SETTLING IN. ADDED PWR FOR A SUCCESSFUL GAR SLIGHTLY SCRAPING THE BELLY. RESULTED IN MINOR SHEET METAL DAMAGE AND 2 DESTROYED ANTENNAS. PROB PREVENTION: MAINTAIN STRICT CHKLIST DISCIPLINE. BE MORE PROACTIVE WHEN I FEEL DISTRS ARE BECOMING UNMANAGEABLE. DO A BETTER JOB OF MANAGING FATIGUE.
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.