Please check your gear

[kevin]

In the interest of all of our insurance rates, not to mention the value of your bird, please consider checking your gear three times on every approach: downwind, base, and final (and similar places for a straight in, like outer market, 1000' and short final or middle marker for an instrument approach). Also, reduce throttle (below 18", if I remember right, I don't have my service manual handy) with your gear up, and make sure your gear warning system works...

Don't forget to look outside and visually inspect the left main too, at least once. (I must admit, I have become lax about this.)

If you don't follow the above, you may get to be famous like this:

IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 1227M Make/Model: C337 Description: 337, M337, MC337, T337B/C/D/E/F/H (Turb
Date: 10/06/2003 Time: 2215

Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Minor

LOCATION
City: CAMDENTON State: MO Country: US

DESCRIPTION
PILOT STATED HE DID NOT LOWER HIS LANDING GEAR AND LANDED GEAR UP. HIS
LANDING WARNING INDICATOR/ALARM DID NOT ACTIVATE. CAMDENTON, MO

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

WEATHER: AIZ 062215Z AUTO 0000KT 10SM LCR 23/13 A3004 RMK A01



OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase: Landing Operation: General Aviation

Departed: OSAGE BEACH, MO K15 Dep Date: 10/06/2003 Dep. Time: 2200
Destination: OSAGE BEACH, MO K15 Flt Plan: NONE Wx Briefing: N
Last Radio Cont: NONE
Last Clearance: NONE

FAA FSDO: KANSAS CITY, MO (CE05) Entry date: 10/07/2003


Kevin