BE35 PLT LANDS GEAR AND FLAPS UP.

Date: 1996-07 · Aircraft: Bonanza 35

Anomalies: other-unspecified

Synopsis

BE35 PLT LANDS GEAR AND FLAPS UP.

Narrative

FLYING FROM LAMONI; IA; TO MKC (N TO S); I CHKED WITH ZKC TO SEE THAT THE XPONDER WAS SQUAWKING PROPER ALT. I CONTACTED MKC TWR WITH ATIS; AND WAS CLRED FOR A STRAIGHT-IN APCH TO RWY 19; TO FOLLOW A MOONEY ON DOWNWIND. HAD DIFFICULTY LOCATING THE MOONEY. AFTER LOCATING; HAD DIFFICULTY RELOCATING. THIS REALLY LENGTHENED THE CYCLE TIME ON MY SCAN. THE SECOND TIME; THE MOONEY WAS JUST SHORT OF FINAL AND OFF TO THE R; AND OVER THE RIVER I THOUGHT ABOUT GOING AROUND. I KNEW I WAS BEHIND IN MY APCH (HADN'T DONE THE CHKLIST; AND WAS RUSHING THE LNDG). THE TWR HAD CLRED ME TO LAND; BUT I SHOULD HAVE GONE AROUND AND ASKED PERMISSION FOR A GAR. MADE SLIGHT S-TURN TO REDUCE GAIN ON MOONEY; CHKED SPD AT 100 KTS. I THOUGHT I LOWERED THE FLAPS. THERE WAS NO GEAR WARNING HORN; PULLED PWR FOR FLAIR ON FINAL. NOTICED I WAS USING TOO MUCH RWY (NO GEAR; NO FLAPS). PROP STRUCK; WINGS LEVEL; SET IT DOWN SMOOTHLY. SMELL OF SMOKE IN CABIN. TURNED OFF MAIN SWITCH AND EXITED ACFT. LANDED SHORT OF FIRST TURNOFF AT MKC.

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