What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The airman openly admitted that he forgot to lower the landing gear prior to landing. The airman is an a & p mechanic with inspection authorization and also owns the aircraft involved in this incident. The airman stated that this was the second flight to break in an overhauled engine, which had approximately 1 hour of operating time at the time of the incident. The airman stated that on final approach he was distracted by keeping the power at a higher than normal setting as directed by the engine break-in procedure. The airman put the flaps down for landing and thought that he had selected the landing gear lever down prior to flap lever movement. The airman also said that he did not hear the gear warning horn on final approach because the throttle was set at a higher than normal power setting. The airman said that after the incident, the aircraft was raised by a fork lift, and the landing gear was then lowered prior to the aircraft being moved into the owners hangar.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRMAN OPENLY ADMITTED THAT HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. THE AIRMAN IS AN A & P MECHANIC WITH INSPECTION AUTHORIZATION AND ALSO OWNS THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND FLIGHT TO BREAK IN AN OVERHAULED ENGINE, WHICH HAD APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR OF OPERATING TIME AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT ON FINAL APPROACH HE WAS DISTRACTED BY KEEPING THE POWER AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL SETTING AS DIRECTED BY THE ENGINE BREAK-IN PROCEDURE. THE AIRMAN PUT THE FLAPS DOWN FOR LANDING AND THOUGHT THAT HE HAD SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER DOWN PRIOR TO FLAP LEVER MOVEMENT. THE AIRMAN ALSO SAID THAT HE DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN ON FINAL APPROACH BECAUSE THE THROTTLE WAS SET AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL POWER SETTING. THE AIRMAN SAID THAT AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED BY A FORK LIFT, AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS THEN LOWERED PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT BEING MOVED INTO THE OWNERS HANGAR.