Each student will write a research paper about retractable gear aircraft systems, including mechanical systems for both operating and preventing gear up landings, safety concerns, common problems experienced, a review of inadvertent gear up landing accidents/incidents, and the psychological aspects of preventing gear up landings. The paper should address the various lessons learned from previous such incidents, and address what measures should be adopted to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.

The style required for formatting the paper is American Psychological Association (APA), 7 th edition, guidelines. The paper will be graded on accuracy and completeness of information, cohesiveness, spelling and grammar, and number and quality of references. The paper should be a minimum of 5 pages of content . A minimum of 5 quality references, appropriately cited in the text and appropriately listed on a reference page, should be used. In addition to the 5 pages of content, a title page and a reference list are also required. The Turnitin originality detection functionality in D2L will be utilized, and papers with greater than 25% “match” will not be graded

https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/landing-pa…

To find gear-up accidents on the NTSB database – follow the link above; once there, select “Advanced Search”. In the “field” drop down box, selected “aviation field”, then “sequence of event” then “event category”. Then, for the “query value” select “abnormal runway contact” and then either “landing gear collapse” or “landing gear not configured” depending on whether you’re looking for a mechanical issue or a did not extend issue.