What happened
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(-5)On August 10, 1998, at 1900 central daylight time, a Cessna 310-I, N804DD, operated by a private individual landed gear up on runway 18 at Mathis Field, San Angelo, Texas. The private pilot, sole occupant, was not injured. The aircraft sustained minor damage. During a telephone interview, the pilot reported that he was returning home from odessa, Texas. He stated that he utilized the "gumps" checklist before landing. He extended the gear and verified gear safe by the single green gear annunciator. He futher stated that he flew the approach at 115 mph as normal but during the flare he noticed that the aircraft settled more than normal. He then added power just as the tower called "no gear, no gear" but the aircraft continued to settle striking both propellers. He then retarded power and tried to steer the aircraft clear of the active runway. The aircraft came to rest just off the edge of the runway. The tower controller reported that he observed the aircraft over the runway with the gear apparently retracted. He quickly confirmed that the gear was up using binoculars. He the radioed the airc raft alerting him of the gear up condition. According to the mechanic who recovered the aircraft, the gear selector was in the down position upon his arrival. He did not observe any circuit breakers tripped, but he did not consciously check circuit breaker positions. As the aircraft was lifted, he observed the gear move slightly toward the extend position as if the gear was not locked in the up position. Once the aircraft was completely clear of the ground, he found that the gear would not extend electrically; however, he used the emergency extension system and extended the gear until he obtained a green "gear safe" annunciator. FAA inspection of the aircraft on 09-30-98 revealed the following: both blades on left and right propellers are curled, runway abrasion damage to inboard section of both flaps, nose landing gear doors, fuselage belly skin and belly mounted antennas. Deformation and puncture of right side fuselage skin adjacent to nose gear door between two fuselage frames. Small dent in right horizontal stabilizer leading edge. Inspection of the landing gear and landing gear actuating system did not reveal any obvious defects or damage. There was no obvious bending or buckling of retraction/extension linkage. Suspect failure of landing gear motor or motor control circuit; however, this was not confirmed due to limited resources.
As the FAA filed it
(-5)ON AUGUST 10, 1998, AT 1900 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 310-I, N804DD, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 18 AT MATHIS FIELD, SAN ANGELO, TEXAS. THE PRIVATE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS RETURNING HOME FROM ODESSA, TEXAS. HE STATED THAT HE UTILIZED THE "GUMPS" CHECKLIST BEFORE LANDING. HE EXTENDED THE GEAR AND VERIFIED GEAR SAFE BY THE SINGLE GREEN GEAR ANNUNCIATOR. HE FUTHER STATED THAT HE FLEW THE APPROACH AT 115 MPH AS NORMAL BUT DURING THE FLARE HE NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED MORE THAN NORMAL. HE THEN ADDED POWER JUST AS THE TOWER CALLED "NO GEAR, NO GEAR" BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SETTLE STRIKING BOTH PROPELLERS. HE THEN RETARDED POWER AND TRIED TO STEER THE AIRCRAFT CLEAR OF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST JUST OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE TOWER CONTROLLER REPORTED THAT HE OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT OVER THE RUNWAY WITH THE GEAR APPARENTLY RETRACTED. HE QUICKLY CONFIRMED THAT THE GEAR WAS UP USING BINOCULARS. HE THE RADIOED THE AIRC RAFT ALERTING HIM OF THE GEAR UP CONDITION. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC WHO RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT, THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION UPON HIS ARRIVAL. HE DID NOT OBSERVE ANY CIRCUIT BREAKERS TRIPPED, BUT HE DID NOT CONSCIOUSLY CHECK CIRCUIT BREAKER POSITIONS. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED, HE OBSERVED THE GEAR MOVE SLIGHTLY TOWARD THE EXTEND POSITION AS IF THE GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED IN THE UP POSITION. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETELY CLEAR OF THE GROUND, HE FOUND THAT THE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND ELECTRICALLY; HOWEVER, HE USED THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM AND EXTENDED THE GEAR UNTIL HE OBTAINED A GREEN "GEAR SAFE" ANNUNCIATOR. FAA INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ON 09-30-98 REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: BOTH BLADES ON LEFT AND RIGHT PROPELLERS ARE CURLED, RUNWAY ABRASION DAMAGE TO INBOARD SECTION OF BOTH FLAPS, NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS, FUSELAGE BELLY SKIN AND BELLY MOUNTED ANTENNAS. DEFORMATION AND PUNCTURE OF RIGHT SIDE FUSELAGE SKIN ADJACENT TO NOSE GEAR DOOR BETWEEN TWO FUSELAGE FRAMES. SMALL DENT IN RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE. INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDING GEAR ACTUATING SYSTEM DID NOT REVEAL ANY OBVIOUS DEFECTS OR DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS BENDING OR BUCKLING OF RETRACTION/EXTENSION LINKAGE. SUSPECT FAILURE OF LANDING GEAR MOTOR OR MOTOR CONTROL CIRCUIT; HOWEVER, THIS WAS NOT CONFIRMED DUE TO LIMITED RESOURCES.