Beech BE36 pilot experiences a gear up landing.

Attributes
ACN	717791
Time
Date	200611
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 88r.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	Turbulence Windshear
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Bonanza 36
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 15500 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	717791
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : gear horn other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Extremely turbulent day. Strong vertical gusts and low level windshear. Kept airplane at 6500 ft cruise altitude to within 10 mi of airport to make steep descent to avoid as much turbulence as possible. Used gear and speed brakes for initial descent; then raised the gear to decrease sink rate. Winds at airport were 320 degrees/22 KTS gusts to 34 KTS. Elected to make no flap landing. Was concentrating on landing so much; did not re-lower the gear. Stall horn was going off all through approach and landing due to gusts. Kept power on to the flare. Retarded throttle to idle at flare. Gear warning horn was going off with stall warning horn and I never differentiated the two. Landed gear up. Non-substantial engine; propeller and skin damage to aircraft. Adherence to checklist procedure especially in difficult situations would have prevented event. Design change to make stall warning sound and gear warning sound significantly different would possibly had prevented event.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BEECH BE36 PLT EXPERIENCES A GEAR UP LNDG.

Narrative: EXTREMELY TURBULENT DAY. STRONG VERT GUSTS AND LOW LEVEL WINDSHEAR. KEPT AIRPLANE AT 6500 FT CRUISE ALT TO WITHIN 10 MI OF ARPT TO MAKE STEEP DSCNT TO AVOID AS MUCH TURB AS POSSIBLE. USED GEAR AND SPD BRAKES FOR INITIAL DSCNT; THEN RAISED THE GEAR TO DECREASE SINK RATE. WINDS AT ARPT WERE 320 DEGS/22 KTS GUSTS TO 34 KTS. ELECTED TO MAKE NO FLAP LNDG. WAS CONCENTRATING ON LNDG SO MUCH; DID NOT RE-LOWER THE GEAR. STALL HORN WAS GOING OFF ALL THROUGH APCH AND LNDG DUE TO GUSTS. KEPT PWR ON TO THE FLARE. RETARDED THROTTLE TO IDLE AT FLARE. GEAR WARNING HORN WAS GOING OFF WITH STALL WARNING HORN AND I NEVER DIFFERENTIATED THE TWO. LANDED GEAR UP. NON-SUBSTANTIAL ENG; PROP AND SKIN DAMAGE TO ACFT. ADHERENCE TO CHKLIST PROC ESPECIALLY IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS WOULD HAVE PREVENTED EVENT. DESIGN CHANGE TO MAKE STALL WARNING SOUND AND GEAR WARNING SOUND SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT WOULD POSSIBLY HAD PREVENTED EVENT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.