AN M20P PLT LANDED GEAR UP AT NEW CUYAMA; CA.

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ON JUL/XA/01 A PLT/A&P ACQUAINTANCE SUGGESTED WE FLY TO NEW CUYAMA (L88). WE LEFT WHP IN MY MZOK AND I LET HIM FLY BELOW THE 10000 FT OVCST TO L88. THE OVCST ENDED ABOUT 10 MI E OF L88 AND WE ARRIVED IN THE AREA AND RECEIVED NO RESPONSE ON UNICOM. I TOOK OVER THE CTLS AND DID AN OVERHEAD APCH TO CHK THE WINDSOCK; WHICH INDICATED A LIGHT WIND FROM 230 DEGS (RWY 28 I DECLARED WHILE EXECUTING THE 180 DEG TURN OVER THE ARPT). THIS IS WHERE I NORMALLY DROP THE GEAR; BUT THE COPLT INTERRUPTED TO TELL ME THE WIND NOW INDICATED RWY 10 WAS APPROPRIATE. I SAID I WOULD STILL USE RWY 28 BECAUSE OF THE 'LIGHT WIND CONDITION.' I COMPLETED THE GUMP(F) CHKLIST BUT SOMEHOW MISSED THE GEAR. I CHKED AGAIN ON BASE (I REMEMBER CLRLY DOING THE MAGNETOS; PWR; AND FLAPS -- FLAPS ON BASE BUT NOT THE GEAR). I REMEMBER PUTTING IN THE FINAL FLAPS. I NORMALLY CHK THE GEAR ON SHORT FINAL; BECAUSE OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WIDTH OF THE RWY (IT WAS VERY SATISFACTORY). ON SHORT FINAL; I FORGOT THIS FINAL CHK. I REALIZED THE GEAR WASN'T DOWN WHEN THE PLANE FLOATED AND THE NOSE ATTITUDE GOT UP WITHOUT THE GEAR TOUCHING. I CHKED FLAPS AND GEAR AS THE CTLS WERE BECOMING MUSHY (LIGHT) AND SAW THAT THE FLAPS WERE INDICATING DOWN; BUT TO MY HORROR; THE GEAR LEVER WAS IN THE UP POS. MY IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS TO GET SOME RUBBER UNDER THE PLANE BEFORE MUSHING IN; AND TO PUT IN FULL PWR. IT TOOK LESS THAN 1 SECOND TO DO THIS; BUT THE WING STALLED; AND THE PROP HIT AND WE SLID OFF THE R SIDE OF THE RWY. CONCLUSION/COMMENTS: OBVIOUSLY I AM ANGRY WITH MYSELF FOR SOMEHOW MISSING THE GEAR IN 3 OR MORE CHKS -- DOWNWIND; BASE; AND FINAL -- AND I AM STUNNED THAT NEITHER OF US HEARD THE GEAR HORN. ON THE MOONEY; THE GEAR HORN COMES ON VIA AN AIRSPD SWITCH IF THE GEAR IS NOT DOWN. THIS SAME 'SONALERT' DEVICE SOUNDS IF THE THROTTLE IS REDUCED BELOW A CERTAIN LEVEL. I DO BELIEVE THE 'SONALERT' WAS ON BUT NEITHER OF US HEARD IT WITH OUR HEADSETS ON. I KNOW THAT THE SONALERT CAN JUST BARELY BE HEARD OVER THE HEADSETS; BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD IT DURING PRACTICE SESSIONS.