Pilot of small transport touched down with gear up, recovered, lowered gear, landed.

Attributes
ACN	130436
Time
Date	198912
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ixd
State Reference	KS
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 2300 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	130436
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Left friedman memorial airport (sun) about evening local time to fly a friend to kansas city int'l (mci). Arrived at mci. After refueling took off for home base johnson county industrial airport (ixd). Arriving at ixd night time. On approach to ixd was assigned right traffic pattern to runway 35. The first approach was a little tight so I elected to go around. My intention was to leave the gear down but must have retracted the gear automatically as I aborted the landing. On the second approach my attention was on making smooth approach to the runway. During the flare for the landing as the aircraft started to settle I heard the flaps scrape the runway. I immediately pulled back on the control column simultaneously applying power. The aircraft ballooned up, I put the landing gear down, reduced power and landed. On inspection of the aircraft after shutdown, the propeller tips of all 6 blades were bent and the inboard 1 inch of the flaps were worn to a depth of 1/2 inch. Factors affecting quality of performance were: long day, followed by night flight, pilot fatigue, and break in normal approach procedure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF SMT TOUCHED DOWN WITH GEAR UP, RECOVERED, LOWERED GEAR, LANDED.

Narrative: LEFT FRIEDMAN MEMORIAL ARPT (SUN) ABOUT EVENING LOCAL TIME TO FLY A FRIEND TO KANSAS CITY INT'L (MCI). ARRIVED AT MCI. AFTER REFUELING TOOK OFF FOR HOME BASE JOHNSON COUNTY INDUSTRIAL ARPT (IXD). ARRIVING AT IXD NIGHT TIME. ON APCH TO IXD WAS ASSIGNED RIGHT TFC PATTERN TO RWY 35. THE FIRST APCH WAS A LITTLE TIGHT SO I ELECTED TO GO AROUND. MY INTENTION WAS TO LEAVE THE GEAR DOWN BUT MUST HAVE RETRACTED THE GEAR AUTOMATICALLY AS I ABORTED THE LNDG. ON THE SECOND APCH MY ATTN WAS ON MAKING SMOOTH APCH TO THE RWY. DURING THE FLARE FOR THE LNDG AS THE ACFT STARTED TO SETTLE I HEARD THE FLAPS SCRAPE THE RWY. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED BACK ON THE CONTROL COLUMN SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLYING POWER. THE ACFT BALLOONED UP, I PUT THE LNDG GEAR DOWN, REDUCED POWER AND LANDED. ON INSPECTION OF THE ACFT AFTER SHUTDOWN, THE PROPELLER TIPS OF ALL 6 BLADES WERE BENT AND THE INBOARD 1 INCH OF THE FLAPS WERE WORN TO A DEPTH OF 1/2 INCH. FACTORS AFFECTING QUALITY OF PERFORMANCE WERE: LONG DAY, FOLLOWED BY NIGHT FLT, PLT FATIGUE, AND BREAK IN NORMAL APCH PROC.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.