AN SMT SCRAPPED THE RWY ON A GEAR UP LOW APCH.
Synopsis
AN SMT SCRAPPED THE RWY ON A GEAR UP LOW APCH.
Narrative
THE TRAINING FLT WAS TO BE COMPLETED AT RENO; WHERE WE WOULD COMPLETE THE FINAL MANEUVER OF THE CHKOUT: A NO FLAP APCH AND LNDG. THE FLT CHK WAS TO COMPLETE MY INITIAL CONQUEST I TRAINING WITH A TRAINING ORGANIZATION. THE FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL WE BEGAN OUR DSCNT FROM 13500 FT AT WHICH TIME WE ENCOUNTERED LIGHT TURB WHICH INCREASED TO MODERATE TO SEVERE TURB CLOSER TO THE ARPT. OUR APCH FROM THE S MADE FOR A LONG BASE TO RWY 25; WHICH WAS IN USE DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. WE WERE CLRED TO LAND AND I COMPLETED THE NORMAL LNDG CHKLIST HOLDING ON THE GEAR UNTIL WE WERE CLOSER IN. WE WERE PERFORMING A 'NO- FLAP' LNDG; SO THE APCH WAS FLOWN A LITTLE SHALLOWER AND FASTER THAN NORMAL. TURNING BASE TO FINAL; I ADVANCED THE PROPS TO FULL FORWARD IN CASE WE NEEDED TO GAR AND I INCREASED THE AIRSPD 5 KTS TO COUNTER ANY WINDSHEAR WE MIGHT EXPERIENCE. FINAL APCH WAS NORMAL AND PWR WAS LEFT ON DURING THE FLARE AS PART OF THE NO-FLAP LNDG. THE ADF ANTENNA ON THE REAR UNDERSIDE OF THE ACFT HIT THE RWY AND I INITIATED A GAR WHILE THE TWR CALLED 'GAR; NO WHEELS!' THE GAR WAS UNEVENTFUL. AFTER LNDG; CLOSER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE R PROP HAD TOUCHED THE GND REMOVING ABOUT 1/8 INCHES OF THE BLADES. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES. 1) THE LNDG WAS MADE WITH NO-FLAPS WHICH AUTOMATICALLY DISARMED THE GEAR WARNING SYS. THE THROTTLE HORN NEVER ACTIVATED SINCE THE THROTTLES WERE NEVER RETARDED BEYOND THE MICROSWITCHES (1 INCH ABOVE FLT IDLE). 2) THE PROPER CHKLISTS WERE NOT USED. THE INSTRUCTOR SHOULD HAVE INSISTED I USE THE PLTS OPERATING HANDBOOK EMERGENCY PROC 'LNDG WITH FLAPS RETRACTED' CHKLIST. 3) THE TURB CONTRIBUTED TO BEING DISTRACTED DURING THE APCH. 4) BOTH THE CHK PLT AND MYSELF WERE FATIGUED. I HAD JUST RETURNED THE NIGHT BEFORE FROM SCHOOL IN KANSAS; AND HAD BEEN FLYING MOST OF THE DAY. THIS WAS THE END OF A VERY LONG WK FOR THE BOTH OF US. 5) ALL OF OUR CORPORATE FLYING IS DONE '2-PLT.' THE CHKRIDE WAS DONE 'SINGLE-PLT.' I WAS DOING MORE IN THE COCKPIT THAN I USUALLY DO. MY ROUTINE WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN WITH AN INCREASED WORKLOAD AND NEW PROCS LEARNED DURING MY REVERT TRAINING. MY USUAL '3-GREEN' CALL WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE WHOLE INCIDENT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.