What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted departed from Chicago executive airport, wheeling, Illinois (kpwk) at 1830 CDT. He was flying a rented Beech sierra, N5293M, from the flight school where he had conducted all his flight training, palwaukee flyers. He has logged 27 hours in the sierra. He called flight service to obtain a standard weather briefing before departing kpwk. The weather conditions were favorable, with winds from 070 degrees blowing at 7 knots, few clouds, and 10 statute miles visibility. His intentions were to practice landings at Lake In The Hills Airport, Lake In The Hills, Illinois (K3CK) and at campbell airport, grayslake, Illinois (KC81). He arrived at K3CK at 1900 CDT. There were no other aircraft in the airport traffic pattern. He had already done five full stop landings with taxi backs to runway 8 when he was preparing for his sixth approach to landing. He was directing his full attention on making this one a perfect landing. He had the props, mixture and flaps set for landing and was lining up on a nice approach. He normally extends the landing gear on downwind, however, this time around he forgot. He didn't notice the landing gear unsafe lights or hear the landing gear unsafe aural warning. He had no idea the gear was not down until he heard metal hitting the pavement. The aircraft remained on the center of the runway and came to rest about a couple 100 feet from the end of the runway. The airplane sustained damage to the propeller, engine, and steps.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED FROM CHICAGO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, WHEELING, ILLINOIS (KPWK) AT 1830 CDT. HE WAS FLYING A RENTED BEECH SIERRA, N5293M, FROM THE FLIGHT SCHOOL WHERE HE HAD CONDUCTED ALL HIS FLIGHT TRAINING, PALWAUKEE FLYERS. HE HAS LOGGED 27 HOURS IN THE SIERRA. HE CALLED FLIGHT SERVICE TO OBTAIN A STANDARD WEATHER BRIEFING BEFORE DEPARTING KPWK. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE FAVORABLE, WITH WINDS FROM 070 DEGREES BLOWING AT 7 KNOTS, FEW CLOUDS, AND 10 STATUTE MILES VISIBILITY. HIS INTENTIONS WERE TO PRACTICE LANDINGS AT LAKE IN THE HILLS AIRPORT, LAKE IN THE HILLS, ILLINOIS (K3CK) AND AT CAMPBELL AIRPORT, GRAYSLAKE, ILLINOIS (KC81). HE ARRIVED AT K3CK AT 1900 CDT. THERE WERE NO OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN. HE HAD ALREADY DONE FIVE FULL STOP LANDINGS WITH TAXI BACKS TO RUNWAY 8 WHEN HE WAS PREPARING FOR HIS SIXTH APPROACH TO LANDING. HE WAS DIRECTING HIS FULL ATTENTION ON MAKING THIS ONE A PERFECT LANDING. HE HAD THE PROPS, MIXTURE AND FLAPS SET FOR LANDING AND WAS LINING UP ON A NICE APPROACH. HE NORMALLY EXTENDS THE LANDING GEAR ON DOWNWIND, HOWEVER, THIS TIME AROUND HE FORGOT. HE DIDN'T NOTICE THE LANDING GEAR UNSAFE LIGHTS OR HEAR THE LANDING GEAR UNSAFE AURAL WARNING. HE HAD NO IDEA THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN UNTIL HE HEARD METAL HITTING THE PAVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST ABOUT A COUPLE 100 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE, AND STEPS.
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