AAIB investigation to Piper PA-34-220T, G-ZZOT
Abnormal runway contact during landing gear-up go-around, Liverpool Airport, 15 August 2023
The aircraft’s propellers struck the runway during a go-around from a simulated one engine inoperative (OEI) approach at Liverpool Airport that was inadvertently flown with the landing gear up.
While the aircraft was fitted with an unsafe landing gear position warning system, the instructor had disabled it by pulling its circuit breaker (CB) due to nuisance warnings after a previous approach and go-around. His intention was to re-enable the warning system when downwind to land but cited distraction as a contributory factor for him omitting to reset the CB and not positively confirming the gear was down for the landing.
The operator intended issuing formal guidance to its pilots that CBs should only be pulled if specifically required when following an approved abnormal procedure checklist.
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