LAKE LA25; AMPHIBIAN ACFT; INADVERTENTLY LANDED GEAR UP ON UNCTLED ARPT. THERE WAS ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ACFT.

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AS I AM A RECENT PLT (I RECEIVED MY PVT PLT CERTIFICATE ON FEB/XA/01); I MAKE IT A POINT TO TRAIN REGULARLY ON MY ACFT (A LAKE AMPHIBIAN RENEGADE 250). ON JUN/XA/01; I GAVE MYSELF SOME WATERWORK; STEEP TURNS; ROUGH AND GLASSY WATER LNDGS; AS WELL AS AIR WORK; SLOW TURNS; STEEP TURNS; STALLS. AFTER THIS WORK; I PROCEEDED TO SHECHRADER ARPT FOR REFUELING. THIS IS A CLASS E UNCTLED ARPT. I PROCEEDED TO ENTER THE PATTERN DOWNWIND AND CLRLY ANNOUNCED MY INTENTIONS. 2 ACFT WERE IN PROX. ONE HAD JUST TAKEN OFF AND ANOTHER WAS BACK-TAXIING RWY 14. I PROCEEDED TO GO THROUGH MY CHKLIST ON DOWNWIND. WHEN I ARRIVED ABEAM THE NUMBERS; I INTERRUPTED MY CHKLIST TO DETERMINE IF I SHOULD EXTEND MY DOWNWIND FOR THE BACK-TAXIING ACT. I THEN CONTINUED MY CHKLIST INADVERTENTLY SKIPPING OVER THE LNDG GEAR SECTION. I LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP. MINIMAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED BY THE ACFT AND THE RWY WAS CLRED 1 HR LATER AFTER THE AIRPLANE'S LNDG GEAR WAS EXTENDED USING JACKS. I SHOULD HAVE VISUALLY CHKED THE GEAR TWICE AS I WAS INSTRUCTED THIS WOULD HAVE ALLEVIATED THE INCIDENT.