Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20; Flight Crew Total 700; Flight Crew Type 300
Situational Awareness; Fatigue; Distraction; Confusion; Training / Qualification
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Diverted; Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; Flight Crew Landed As Precaution; General Maintenance Action
Human Factors
At the end of an hour of airwork practicing Commercial maneuvers; I decided to practice spot landings on my way back from the practice area. The wind at the training airport was 310 @ 10 G 19 and I was cleared for the options on runway 26. My procedure for engine out spot landing called for power out and gear down abeam the point of landing. I chopped the power and put in landing flaps instead of putting gear down. As I floated beyond the box on the runway in ground effect; not slowing down much; I realized I had the gear up. I firewalled the throttle; but sank onto the runway striking the prop twice with the sound of a machinegun. The airplane then started to climb and I continued a go around. My instinct was to stay in the pattern and land; but there was other aircraft in the pattern. There was no vibration so I elected to fly back to home base at ZZZ1 without incident. Upon shut down I discovered that the prop was badly bent and partially shaved off. I called ZZZ tower to insure they knew how to reach me and encouraged them to check for FOD on the runway. I usually complete GUMPS at least twice and sometimes three times in the pattern and on final. I can only assume that my concern with the gusting crosswind distracted me from completing my procedures. I also believe that mentally I switched landing flaps for gear down in the procedure. Fatigue after aggressive steep turns; lazy 8s; 8s on pylons may also have contributed.
A fatigued TB20 pilot intended to practice an engine out spot landing but failed to lower the landing gear. He realized the error when the prop struck the runway as he went around; diverting to his home field.