What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The aircraft landed gear-up at Oceanside Municipal Airport. The pilot and accompanying CFI were conducting a flying club check-out flight.
The CFI simulated an engine-out approach which started at approximately 3800'AGL. The pilot began the engine-out approach checklist and entered the pattern at Oceanside. There was much discussion about glide ratios, techniques, and speeds between the pilots.
The pilots became task saturated and failed to extend the landing gear or complete the engine-out landing checklist.
Contributing factors included: landing west into bright sunshine glare, the absence of a landing gear warning horn, no red landing gear unsafe light visible, and a potentially disabled automatic landing gear extension system.
The gear-up landing resulted in minor damage to the under side of the aircraft skin, and to the propeller which struck the ground.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR-UP AT OCEANSIDE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT AND ACCOMPANYING CFI WERE CONDUCTING A FLYING CLUB CHECK-OUT FLIGHT.
THE CFI SIMULATED AN ENGINE-OUT APPROACH WHICH STARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 3800'AGL. THE PILOT BEGAN THE ENGINE-OUT APPROACH CHECKLIST AND ENTERED THE PATTERN AT OCEANSIDE. THERE WAS MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT GLIDE RATIOS, TECHNIQUES, AND SPEEDS BETWEEN THE PILOTS.
THE PILOTS BECAME TASK SATURATED AND FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR OR COMPLETE THE ENGINE-OUT LANDING CHECKLIST.
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS INCLUDED: LANDING WEST INTO BRIGHT SUNSHINE GLARE, THE ABSENCE OF A LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN, NO RED LANDING GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT VISIBLE, AND A POTENTIALLY DISABLED AUTOMATIC LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM.
THE GEAR-UP LANDING RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDER SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT SKIN, AND TO THE PROPELLER WHICH STRUCK THE GROUND.
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