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On September 19, 2018, at approximately 1215 eastern daylight time, a Beech BE55, N9313Y landed gear up on runway 25 at the Indianapolis Regional Airport (kmqj), Indianapolis, Indiana. The aircraft substained minor damage with skin abraision to the lower fuselage skin, to both inboard sections of the flaps, propellers and sudden stoppage of both engines. The flight instructor and student were uninjured during the inccident. The aircraft is registered to jeff air pilot services LLC and was being operated under the provisions of 14 code of federal regulations (CFR) part 91 as a general aviation flight. The student pilot was receiving flight training for a multi engine rating. The weather at the time of the inccident was visual meterological conditions (VMC).

The flight instructor stated that as they approached the final approach fix on the simulated single engine ILS approach, he observed the student selecting the gear lever down, selecting flaps to 10 degrees and performing a ?gumps? Check. He does not recall if the student verbalized that he saw the gear in the mirror located on the inside of the left engine cowl. The instructor stated he also verified the gear handle was in the down position and the landing gear down indication was illuminated green. There were numerous aircraft in the landing pattern at kmqj distracting his attention away from their aircraft and he failed to look down at the nose gear indicator on the floor. He assumed that it was okay since he watched the student lower the seletor prior the final approach fix. As they approached decsion height, a final gumps check was completed to verify they were ready to land. The next thing he knew, they heard the sound of scraping metal on the runway. He quickly looked down at the gear selector and it was still down, but he did not have a green indication on the panel. He stated there was no gear warning horn heard when the aircraft landed gear up. The ?gumps? Check is a memory aid as a final landing check to verify landing items are complete before the landing.

The student stated this was his first simulated single engine landing. He was very ?saturated? Flying the ILS and the aircraft with a simulated engine failure. He put the landing gear lever down outside of the final approach fix and he did a ?gump? Check. He stated he did not verify if the gear was down and locked because it is hard to see the gear down indication light and he was over saturated with flying the airplane. He did not recall hearing a gear warning horn after selecting the landing gear down.

An aircraft maintenance technician employed at the airport witnessed the gear up landing. He stated he did not see the aircraft on final, but just moments before touchdown notice the aircraft did not have the landing gear down.

Inspection of the aircraft on the runway found the gear handle in the down position and the landing gear circuit breaker ?popped?. The aircraft came to rest on the extended flaps and nose and the main landing gear doors showed no evidence of contacting the runway.

Examination of the landing gear actuator system showed no abnormalities. The landing gear circuit breaker was reset and the gear was cycled using the aircraft battery. The gear warning horn functioned per the manual, the main gear down, green light illuminated, and the mechanical nose gear indicator on the center pedistal functioned normally. Examination of the aircraft records found no abnormalaties.