PVT PLT; TRAINING FOR HIS COMMERCIAL; WITH AN INSTRUCTOR; THE FIRST TIME IN A RETRACTABLE GEAR ACFT; LANDED GEAR UP!

1995-01 · NASA ASRS report 294437

Date: 1995-01 · Aircraft: Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-less-severe|other-unspecified

Synopsis

PVT PLT; TRAINING FOR HIS COMMERCIAL; WITH AN INSTRUCTOR; THE FIRST TIME IN A RETRACTABLE GEAR ACFT; LANDED GEAR UP!

Narrative

I WAS RECEIVING FLT INSTRUCTION TOWARD MY COMMERCIAL TICKET. THIS WAS MY FIRST FLT IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL (C- 172RG). THE WINDS WERE STRONG AND GUSTING. MIU TRSA HAD RPTED GUSTS UP TO 26 MPH EARLIER. I HAD TROUBLE WITH THE FIRST TOUCH-AND-GO BECAUSE OF THE WINDS. SO THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE CTLS TO DEMONSTRATE A PROPER PATTERN (CLOSE) AND LNDG. HE HAD SOME DIFFICULTY WITH HIS LNDG BECAUSE OF THE WIND. I MADE THE NEXT TKOF AND WAS FLYING A PATTERN LIKE THE INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATED; BUT WITH DIFFICULTY DUE TO THE WINDS. I FLEW THE APCH TIGHT AND HOT AND AT 50 FT ON FINAL; I PULLED THE PWR OFF (THE GEAR HORN DIDN'T SOUND) AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED AND SKIDDED DOWN THE RWY UNTIL THE ACFT CAME TO REST. FACTORS: THE WIND WAS TOO TURBULENT FOR TRAINING. ALSO; IT CAUSED ME TO BECOME FOCUSED ON MY APCH INSTEAD OF PROC. IF IT HAD NOT BEEN A TRAINING FLT; NORMALLY I WOULD HAVE FLOWN A WIDE PATTERN AND LONG FINAL; SO I WOULDN'T BE BUSY THE ENTIRE APCH. THE GEAR HORN WHICH WORKED EARLIER; DIDN'T ON THAT LNDG.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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