SMA LANDS WITH GEAR UP.

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I WAS MAKING A NORMAL APCH TO MY HOME SOD STRIP ON A 90 DEG F EVENING WITH 70 GAL OF FUEL AND I AS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE ACFT. OUR STRIP IS 2000' WITH CLR APCHES. EVERYTHING WAS FINE EXCEPT THAT I XED THE FENCE AT 80 KTS AND THERE WAS A LOT OF FLOAT IN THE PLANE. BECAUSE OF MY 5 KT EXCESS SPD AND FLOAT; AND BECAUSE OF THE HOT DAY; I ELECTED TO MAKE A GO AROUND. I USED FULL PWR; REDUCED THE FLAPS; GEAR UP AND OPEN COWL FLAPS. PERFORMANCE IN CLB WAS AFFECTED BY THE HEAT AND SOMEWHAT HEAVY LOAD. UPON REACHING PATTERN ALT; I USED 15 DEG FLAPS AND BEGAN MAKING MY DOWNWIND DSCNT FOR ANOTHER APCH. NORMALLY; CRUISE SPDS IN AN SMA REQUIRE GEAR DOWN TO SLOW THE PLANE DOWN FOR AN APCH TO LNDG. HOWEVER; I WAS AT CLB SPD BECAUSE THE HOT DAY WHEN I BEGAN MY DSCNT. MY NORMAL USE OF GUMP WAS SOMEHOW OVERLOOKED. I DID EVERYTHING BUT PUT THE GEAR DOWN!! I REMEMBER USING GUMP BUT I MUST HAVE LOOKED AND NEVER SAW! IT MUST HAVE BECOME TOO AUTOMATIC. MY GEAR HORN NEVER WORKED; OR BECAUSE OF MY SHORT FIELD/SOFT FIELD APCH TECH; I WAS CARRYING TOO MUCH PWR. BUT; I DO REMEMBER THE HORN AT FLARE JUST AS I TOUCHED DOWN; BUT I WAS COMMITTED TO LNDG. THE RUSH THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG CAME TOO LATE AND THE LAST THING I WANTED WAS AN ATTEMPTED STALL ON GO AROUND WITH TOTAL LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CTL.