Accident Overview
A training flight resulted in a wheels-up landing that damaged the airplane. The flight was conducted as a non-revenue dual-instruction sortie, with the left-seat pilot handling the controls at the time of the accident. The instructor occupying the right seat did not hold a multi-engine flight instructor rating.
Pilot Statements
In a notarized questionnaire, the left-seat pilot provided an account of the events leading to the landing gear not being extended. The pilot stated that the accident "...would not have happened had each of us been alone. We got involved with each other and we both missed the final check." This indicates that both individuals were distracted by their interaction, resulting in a failure to verify that the landing gear was down before touchdown.
Maintenance Records
Review of the repair work order following the accident revealed that no landing gear components were listed as having been repaired or replaced. This suggests that the damage from the wheels-up landing was limited to other parts of the airframe, or that the landing gear system itself was not deemed to require component replacement.
Conclusion
The accident occurred when the aircraft was landed with the landing gear retracted. The investigation found that the instructor lacked the appropriate rating for multi-engine instruction, and the pilot-in-training acknowledged that mutual distraction contributed to the omission of the landing gear extension check. No determination of probable cause was issued in the available source.