PA24 PLT LANDED GEAR UP AFTER A GAR BECAUSE OF XWINDS.

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AT XA36Z ON DEC/SUN/03; I WAS FLYING FROM DET ON AN IFR FLT PLAN TO 3SQ. UPON SEEING THE ARPT BEACON APPROX 10 MI AWAY; I CANCELED IFR AND SWITCHED TO ADVISORY FREQ. I ENTERED A L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 9; THE WINDS WERE 150 DEGS AT 13 KTS GUSTING TO 18 KTS. I MADE A NORMAL APCH TO LNDG WITH FLAPS AND TOUCHED DOWN L OF CTRLINE. DUE TO XWIND; I WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THIS LNDG; SO I WENT AROUND AND RETRACTED MY LNDG GEAR. I MADE L TFC TO RWY 9 THIS TIME; FORGETTING TO LOWER MY LNDG GEAR. DUE TO THE WIND; I CARRIED PWR THROUGHOUT THE APCH LNDG WITHOUT FLAPS. UPON HEARING THE PLANE SCRAPE THE RWY; I ADDED FULL PWR AND WENT AROUND AGAIN MAKING L TFC RWY 9. ON MY FINAL APCH; I LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DUE TO PWR SETTING SLIGHTLY 12 INCHES OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE THE WARNING HORN DID NOT SOUND. AS FOR THE ACTUAL GEAR UP LNDG; I HAVE NOBODY TO BLAME BUT MYSELF. HOWEVER; THERE HAS BEEN A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE COME TO LIGHT THINKING BACK. FIRST; RWY 9/27 SIDE IDENTING LIGHTS ARE LOCATED AS ESTIMATED 30 FT OFF EITHER SIDE. THIS GAVE ME THE ILLUSION THAT I WAS FURTHER TO THE CTR OF THE RWY THAN I ACTUALLY WAS ON THE FIRST ATTEMPTED LNDG. UPON TOUCHDOWN; I FOUND MYSELF CLOSE TO THE SIDE OF THE RWY MUCH TO MY SURPRISE. THIS MADE ME DECIDE I WOULD GO AROUND; SETTING UP FOR THE NEXT (WHEELS UP) LNDG. SECONDLY; IF I HAD KNOWN MORE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR RWY; THE WHOLE SIT WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED; AS I WOULD HAVE LANDED FINE THE FIRST TIME. I FEEL THAT IF THE WARNING HORN WOULD HAVE HAD A HIGHER DEFAULT SETTING (MAYBE 15 INCHES AS OPPOSED TO 12 INCHES OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE); IT WOULD HAVE GONE OFF AND POSSIBLY AVERTED THE SIT. THE 2 CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IN THIS INCIDENT WERE THE XWIND COMPONENT AND MY DIVERTED ATTN TO MAKING A CTRED LNDG; THEREFORE; FORGETTING TO PUT MY GEAR DOWN.