What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Eon message text: Charleston, SC (jzi): N5891J, BE35, landed on runway 9 with the landing gear retracted. POB: 1, injuries: none, damage: extent unknown. 03/25/2021 1850Z
Pilot statement: on 25 March 2021, I made a gear up landing in my owned aircraft, N5891J, a 1965 Beechcraft debonair, at kjzi (Charleston Executive Airport) after two hours of flight instruction with my CFI. I was flying solo at the time of the incident.
I did not put down the gear, although I thought I had done so. I crossed the runway threshold at about 75 knots, held the nose in the landing configuration and settled into the runway. Instead of hearing "chirp" from the rubber tires, I heard nothing until I heard sheet metal scraping and the propeller hitting the concrete. I maintained centerline without any forward g-force and came to a stop. I immediately shut off the fuel valve and the electrical system. After a few minutes of shock, I opened the door, stepped onto the wing and right to the ground. I did not believe what I had just done in landing with the gear up. But I did. I sustained no injury at all, only damage to N5891J.
As the FAA filed it
EON MESSAGE TEXT: CHARLESTON, SC (JZI): N5891J, BE35, LANDED ON RUNWAY 9 WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. POB: 1, INJURIES: NONE, DAMAGE: EXTENT UNKNOWN. 03/25/2021 1850Z
PILOT STATEMENT: ON 25 MARCH 2021, I MADE A GEAR UP LANDING IN MY OWNED AIRCRAFT, N5891J, A 1965 BEECHCRAFT DEBONAIR, AT KJZI (CHARLESTON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT) AFTER TWO HOURS OF FLIGHT INSTRUCTION WITH MY CFI. I WAS FLYING SOLO AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.
I DID NOT PUT DOWN THE GEAR, ALTHOUGH I THOUGHT I HAD DONE SO. I CROSSED THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD AT ABOUT 75 KNOTS, HELD THE NOSE IN THE LANDING CONFIGURATION AND SETTLED INTO THE RUNWAY. INSTEAD OF HEARING "CHIRP" FROM THE RUBBER TIRES, I HEARD NOTHING UNTIL I HEARD SHEET METAL SCRAPING AND THE PROPELLER HITTING THE CONCRETE. I MAINTAINED CENTERLINE WITHOUT ANY FORWARD G-FORCE AND CAME TO A STOP. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF THE FUEL VALVE AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF SHOCK, I OPENED THE DOOR, STEPPED ONTO THE WING AND RIGHT TO THE GROUND. I DID NOT BELIEVE WHAT I HAD JUST DONE IN LANDING WITH THE GEAR UP. BUT I DID. I SUSTAINED NO INJURY AT ALL, ONLY DAMAGE TO N5891J.
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