What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On January 18, 2015, at approximately 1430 local (2030 UTC), the airman,
Holder of an airline transport pilot certificate with airplane single and multi- engine land class rating was involved in an aircraft incident while landing at the Newton city-county airport (kewk), Newton, Kansas.
The aircraft remained in the airport traffic pattern for practice approaches and landings. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed at the time of the incident with conditions at kewk reported as: winds from 230 degrees at 17 gusting to 20 knots, visibility 10 statute miles, and clear skies.
During the approach and landing phase to runway 26 at kewk, the airman failed to extend the aircraft landing gear prior to touchdown.
The aircraft subsequently touched-down on runway 26 and skid to a stop, resulting in minor damage to the aircraft. The airman, and passenger on-board the aircraft, reported no injuries.
Post-incident inspection of the aircraft revealed minor damage was sustained to the bottom of the fuselage and nose gear door. The aircraft's propellor blades were damaged upon touchdown as a result of the gear-up landing and minor damage to the inboard trailing edge of the flaps. No additional damage was noted. The post-incident inspection did not reveal any landing gear system anomaly that would have contributed to the gear-up landing.
The airman provided a written statement indicating that he failed to extend the landing gear before landing.
As the FAA filed it
ON JANUARY 18, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 LOCAL (2030 UTC), THE AIRMAN,
HOLDER OF AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AIRPLANE SINGLE AND MULTI- ENGINE LAND CLASS RATING WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT WHILE LANDING AT THE NEWTON CITY-COUNTY AIRPORT (KEWK), NEWTON, KANSAS.
THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR PRACTICE APPROACHES AND LANDINGS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WITH CONDITIONS AT KEWK REPORTED AS: WINDS FROM 230 DEGREES AT 17 GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, AND CLEAR SKIES.
DURING THE APPROACH AND LANDING PHASE TO RUNWAY 26 AT KEWK, THE AIRMAN FAILED TO EXTEND THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.
THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY TOUCHED-DOWN ON RUNWAY 26 AND SKID TO A STOP, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRMAN, AND PASSENGER ON-BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, REPORTED NO INJURIES.
POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE AND NOSE GEAR DOOR. THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLOR BLADES WERE DAMAGED UPON TOUCHDOWN AS A RESULT OF THE GEAR-UP LANDING AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE INBOARD TRAILING EDGE OF THE FLAPS. NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED. THE POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION DID NOT REVEAL ANY LANDING GEAR SYSTEM ANOMALY THAT WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE GEAR-UP LANDING.
THE AIRMAN PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT INDICATING THAT HE FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE LANDING.