PLT OF AN SMA SEL DAMAGED THE PROP WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN ON GEAR UP LNDG AND SUCCESSFULLY WENT AROUND.
Synopsis
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.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.