ABS Air Safety Foundation Campaign

Put your gear down… and keep it down.

Gear-up and gear-collapse mishaps are the single biggest threat to the longevity of the Beechcraft® fleet. This campaign equips pilots, owners, and mechanics with the training, tools, and habits to prevent them—every flight, every approach, every time.

Take the Pledge See the Numbers
#1
driver of Beechcraft® hull insurance losses
$$$
rising premiums and tightening underwriting fleet-wide
3 sec
to confirm 3 green—the cheapest insurance you’ll ever buy
100%
preventable with the right habits, training, and maintenance
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The Problem, and a Solution

A short film from the ABS Air Safety Foundation: what the numbers really say, and the practical habits that keep the gear down where it belongs.

Three Audiences. One Goal.

Everyone has a role in keeping the gear down.

The campaign is built around the three groups whose decisions determine whether a Beechcraft® lands on its wheels or its belly.

For Pilots

Pilot Training Videos

Distraction management, abnormal-procedure discipline, and the verbal callouts that catch a missed gear extension before the runway does.

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For Mechanics

Mechanic Training Videos

Inspection technique, rigging, retraction tests, and the service-bulletin awareness that prevents the failures pilots cannot fly around.

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For Owners

Owner Maintenance Responsibilities

Between annuals, your eyes on the airplane matter most. Inspection checklists, articles, and the regulatory line you are responsible for.

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Voices from the Fleet

Pilots, mechanics, and owners who put their gear down.

“Say aloud three green lights at least three times before touchdown.”
Bill Cannon · Baron 58 Owner
“Think! Say! Do! Verify, verify, verify.”
Chester Jurskis · S35 Owner
“I leave my hand on the gear handle and say “3 green no red” when the gear is down and then take my hand off the handle”
Karl Kleiderer · 2005 A36 Owner
“GUMP on Downwind and turning Final. Gear Down voice call on short Final.”
Richard Schmidt · B55 Baron Owner, CFII and IA
“While looking at the gear indicator lights, say aloud, “Three Green” three separate times during final….”
John Williams · A36 Owner
“Gear down abeam the numbers or when starting down on the glideslope. Hand on the gear handle until confirmed down with the green light and the flag in the window. Confirm twice more (visual on lights and the flag and touching the handle) before landing. ”
CK Lee · B55 Owner
“Use 140 kts in a Baron, 125-130 kts in a Bonanza and put the gear down, select approach flaps, and push the props forward as a combined single action. It will put you in a landing configuration at the correct approach speed with little trim change.”
Michael Friedman · CFII, MEI and E55 and S35 Owner
Be Part of the Solution

Take the PYGD Pledge.

Add your name, your airplane, and your N-number to the public list of pilots committed to preventing gear-up and gear-collapse accidents—and help preserve the Beechcraft® fleet for the next generation.

“I hereby pledge to inspect and operate my landing gear correctly, to employ techniques to manage distractions and confirm full gear extension in normal and abnormal inflight conditions, and to uphold my legal responsibility to ensure the landing gear system is properly maintained—to prevent gear-up and gear-collapse accidents and help preserve the Beechcraft® fleet.”
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American Bonanza Society
Behind the Campaign

Powered by the American Bonanza Society and ABS Air Safety Foundation.

Put Your Gear Down is a public safety initiative created to help Beechcraft® pilots, owners, and mechanics prevent landing-gear mishaps.

ABS membership connects the Beechcraft community with trusted technical resources, education, and support. Charitable gifts to the ABS Air Safety Foundation help fund safety education, technical services, research, and focused initiatives like this campaign.

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