Narrative:

When flying to W03, the alternator was changing from charge to no charge. I had been trying to get the alternator to charge by switching the switches. This had distracted me. On the downwind leg at W03 I neglected to lower the landing gear. There was lots of chatter on the radio, I use a bose aviation headset and failed to hear the gear alarm buzzer. I was landing on runway 21 and with the glare of the sun I did not notice that I did not have a green light on the gear. On first contact with the runway I realized that the gear was not down and I immediately added power, flew the pattern and landed. After landing I found that the ends of the propeller blades were bent back, about 2 inches. The end of the rotating beacon was rough from contact with the runway. The antenna had rough areas due to contact with the runway. I was unable to see any other damage. I used poor judgement by allowing a minor problem to distract me from flying the aircraft. I feel very fortunate that my responses were fast enough to prevent destruction of the aircraft as well as myself. We all have our preflight checklist, our run-up checklist, before takeoff checklist, climb out checklist, cruise checklist, letdown and landing checklist. We should never fly unless each of these checklists are used and each item checked off.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF AN SMA SEL DAMAGED THE PROP WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN ON GEAR UP LNDG AND SUCCESSFULLY WENT AROUND.

Narrative: WHEN FLYING TO W03, THE ALTERNATOR WAS CHANGING FROM CHARGE TO NO CHARGE. I HAD BEEN TRYING TO GET THE ALTERNATOR TO CHARGE BY SWITCHING THE SWITCHES. THIS HAD DISTRACTED ME. ON THE DOWNWIND LEG AT W03 I NEGLECTED TO LOWER THE LNDG GEAR. THERE WAS LOTS OF CHATTER ON THE RADIO, I USE A BOSE AVIATION HEADSET AND FAILED TO HEAR THE GEAR ALARM BUZZER. I WAS LNDG ON RWY 21 AND WITH THE GLARE OF THE SUN I DID NOT NOTICE THAT I DID NOT HAVE A GREEN LIGHT ON THE GEAR. ON FIRST CONTACT WITH THE RWY I REALIZED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND I IMMEDIATELY ADDED PWR, FLEW THE PATTERN AND LANDED. AFTER LNDG I FOUND THAT THE ENDS OF THE PROP BLADES WERE BENT BACK, ABOUT 2 INCHES. THE END OF THE ROTATING BEACON WAS ROUGH FROM CONTACT WITH THE RWY. THE ANTENNA HAD ROUGH AREAS DUE TO CONTACT WITH THE RWY. I WAS UNABLE TO SEE ANY OTHER DAMAGE. I USED POOR JUDGEMENT BY ALLOWING A MINOR PROB TO DISTRACT ME FROM FLYING THE ACFT. I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT MY RESPONSES WERE FAST ENOUGH TO PREVENT DESTRUCTION OF THE ACFT AS WELL AS MYSELF. WE ALL HAVE OUR PREFLT CHKLIST, OUR RUN-UP CHKLIST, BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST, CLBOUT CHKLIST, CRUISE CHKLIST, LETDOWN AND LNDG CHKLIST. WE SHOULD NEVER FLY UNLESS EACH OF THESE CHKLISTS ARE USED AND EACH ITEM CHKED OFF.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.