A CESSNA FLOAT PLANE LANDS ON A HARD SURFACE RWY WITH HIS WHEELS RETRACTED. THE PLT STEERS OFF THE RWY FOR THE MORE FRIENDLY GRASS.

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LANDED RWY 9R XA20 LCL PBI WITH WHEELS UP. NO DAMAGE TO RWY; NO INJURIES. PURPOSELY TURNED R AFTER TOUCHDOWN TO EXIT RWY TO GO ONTO GRASS STOPPING 30 FT NEXT TO RWY 9R PARALLEL TO RWY 9R. FAULT OF PLT IN CHARGE (MYSELF). PBI SHUT DOWN RWY 9R ANYWAY. ACFT WAS JACKED UP; WHEELS EXTENDED; AND FLOWN AWAY WITH ONLY DAMAGE TO FLOAT SKEGS. DEPARTED PBI XE50. RECOMMEND IN FUTURE THAT A STRONGER WARNING SYS BE IMPLEMENTED IN CESSNA OR OTHER TO PREVENT GEAR BEING UP WHILE LNDG ON LAND. ALSO TWR; WHICH WAS 2000 FT AWAY; SHOULD WARN PLTS IF THE GEAR IS NOT EXTENDED; AS THEY ARE ALREADY WATCHING ACFT ARRIVING AND DEPARTING. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT HELP. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: CALLBACK REVEALED THE A SKEG IS A .5X.75 INCH ALUMINUM STRIP THAT RUNS THE LENGTH OF THE BOTTOM OF THE FLOAT AND EXTENDS PAST THE STEP ON THE REAR OF THE FLOAT. DAMAGE WAS DONE TO 4 FT OF THE SKEGS ON BOTH FLOATS AND THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE SKIN. THE GEAR WARNING SYS WAS OPERATING NORMALLY AND WAS INDICATING YELLOW. THE CORRECT INDICATION ARE BLUE FOR DOWN AND YELLOW FOR UP. THE CHKLIST ITEM CALLS FOR A DECISION FOR THE GEAR POS DEPENDING ON THE SURFACE TO BE USED FOR LNDG. THE RPTR ADMITTED THAT HE DID NOT USE THE CHKLIST.