SMT HITS PROPS ON GEAR UP APCH. GAR.

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APCHING TRUCKEE TAHOE ARPT FOR LNDG; TUNED RADIOS TO 122.8 CTF AND 118.0 AWOS-3 WIND 260-8 FAVORING RWY 28 FOR LNDG; MADE RECOMMENDED PATTERN ENTRY. ADVISED UNICOM DOWNWIND LEG FOR LNDG RWY 28; COMPLETED BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST; ADVISED TRUCKEE TFC TURNING BASE LEG RWY 28. ANOTHER ACFT ADVISED ME THAT HE IS ON RWY 28 TAXIING E AND THAT ACTIVE RWY IS 18. I ADVISED HIM THAT I INTENDED TO LAND ON 28; HE CALLED BACK THAT ACTIVE RWY WAS 18. I TOLD HIM THAT AWOS ON 118.0 WAS GIVING WIND AS 260 AT 8 AND THAT THERE WAS NO RWY 18 AT TRUCKEE. HE WAS A TRANSIENT ACFT AND APPARENTLY UNFAMILIAR WITH ARPT; AS THERE IS A PARALLEL TAXIWAY ADJACENT TO RWY 28 AND ANOTHER PARALLEL TAXI AREA ON THE PARKING RAMP-UNICOM THEN CAME ON THE AIR WITH THE WIND IS LIGHT AND VARIABLE; USE RWY OF YOUR CHOICE. TO GIVE THIS OTHER ACFT PLENTY OF TIME TO EXIT THE RWY TO TAXIWAY FOR 19; I ADVISED THAT I WOULD MAKE A 360; THERE WAS NO OTHER TFC BEHIND ME. I RETRACTED THE GEAR; L 20 FLAPS AND COMPLETED TURN BACK AGAIN TO BASE LEG; ADVISING TRUCKEE TFC I WAS ON BASE LEG FOR RWY 28; MADE NORMAL APCH FOR LNDG. (I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION AT THIS TIME THAT BEFORE THE FLT I HAD ADJUSTED THE SEAT BACK FROM WHERE I USUALLY SIT; REASON BEING THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR ACFT IF YOU SIT UP AS FAR AS YOU WOULD; LONG NOSE AND ALL OF THE WINGS AND ENGS AND PROPS BEHIND YOUR VISION; YOUR R KNEE WILL SOMETIMES HIT THE L IGNITION AND TURN IT TO R MAG. BUT WHEN YOU PUT THE SEAT BACK SO YOUR KNEE DOESN'T HIT; YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE DRAGGING YOUR BOTTOM ON THE RWY; WITH THE GEAR DOWN WHEN YOU FLARE. I ALSO HAD ON A NOISE ATTENUATE HEADSET WITH FOAM EAR PLUGS INSIDE.) BACK TO LNDG -- WHEN I WAS IN THE FLARE I FELT I WAS TOO CLOSE TO RWY; FIRST INSTINCT WAS IT WAS THE SEAT TOO FAR BACK; THEN IMMEDIATELY REALIZED THAT I WAS TOO CLOSE TO RWY; ADVANCED PWR AND FLEW IT OUT ON A NORMAL GAR AND PATTERN BACK TO RWY 28 FOR LNDG. I HEARD NOTHING UNUSUAL IN SOUNDS AT ANY TIME; ALL INSTS WERE NORMAL; WITH NO VIBRATION. MADE NORMAL LNDG ON 28; COOLED THE ENGS DOWN AND TAXIED BACK TO MY HANGAR; WHEN THE ENGS STOPPED AND I SAW THE PROPS; IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I WAS AWARE THAT THE PROPS HAD HIT THE RWY. THE FAA AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR HAS MADE AN INSPECTION OF THE ACFT; AND HE ADVISED ME THAT HE THOUGHT THE WIRING INSTALLATION WITH THE AVIONICS; WHEN THEY WERE INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY; CALLED FOR THE HORNS TO BE TIED INTO THE PLUG FOR A HEADSET. I HAVE FOUND ONLY 1 AIRPLANE ON THE ARPT LIKE THAT AN OLD SMT. HE HAS A # OF OTHER AIRPLANES AND NONE OF THESE ARE WIRED THAT WAY; AND NONE OF THE ACFT I FLEW ON THE AIRLINES INCLUDING HVT WERE WIRED SO YOU WOULD HEAR THE HORNS THROUGH THE HEADSET. PLTS JUST RETIRED FROM FLYING WDB SAY THEY WERE NOT WIRED THAT WAY; AND I CAN FIND NO ONE WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH IT. NOT TO SAY THERE ISN'T; IT CERTAINLY SHOULD BE; ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW NOISE ELIMINATION HEADSETS IT DEFINITELY SHOULD BE WIRED THIS WAY; SAME AS MARKER BEACONS ARE. THIS KEPT ME FROM HEARING THE HORN WHEN I RETARDED THE THROTTLES; AND I PROBABLY HIT THE PWR AT THE SAME TIME I CONTACTED THE RWY; DIDN'T HEAR THAT EITHER. I DID NOT THINK THAT THE INCIDENT WITH THE OTHER ACFT TAXIING DOWN THE RWY I WAS TO LAND ON HAD AN EFFECT ON ME; TO MAKE ME FORGET THE GEAR; BUT IT PROBABLY DID; AS I NORMALLY LOOK AT THE GREEN LIGHTS AT LEAST 3 TIMES ON FINAL APCH. I DIDN'T DO IT 1 TIME ON THAT ONE.