Amateur/Home Built/Experimental
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 7; Flight Crew Total 268; Flight Crew Type 76
Distraction
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown; Ground Event / Encounter Gear Up Landing
Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Procedure; Aircraft; Human Factors
Landing roll out phase; aircraft nose gear was not extended. The main gear are fixed (not retractable). Subject aircraft is a canard with engine in rear. Aircraft skidded to a stop with wear to skid plate only (aircraft designed to resist damage from these types of landings). No other damage to aircraft/engine/prop and no injury to sole occupant (pilot). The skid to a stop was controlled; and once stopped; gear was extended electrically; and aircraft was taxied to hangar without further delay.Pilot unsure as to why nose gear was not extended; but the switch was found in the retracted position upon inspection after stopping on the runway. Pilot believes high workload may be a contributing factor to the incident. Prior aircraft departure was a 737; and tower reported possible wake turbulence. Parallel runway was closed due to an unrelated accident (runway overrun); and this caused a full pattern that disrupted checklist flow as subject aircraft was maneuvering during the straight in approach to accommodate request from tower for slower traffic turning base and #1 to land ahead of subject aircraft.Subject aircraft does not have a warning horn for gear if misconfigured; although a gear position light is located at the switch (out of peripheral view area).
Experimental aircraft pilot reported landing with the nose gear retracted.