Narrative:

While giving courtesy rides for an airport open house, the engine quit running just as I was entering downwind. I went through all of the proper steps and the engine regained life. Since I was near the runway, I was not concerned at this point. When I started to turn base, I pulled the gear handle down, but heard another aircraft announce turning base for the same runway. I had not seen any other planes, so I was concerned that he was under me since I was a little high. My gear handle popped back up when I grabbed the microphone and asked for the position of the other aircraft. He said he was turning base for runway 6 at flagler. I turned back to a downwind heading and spotted him ahead of me and started to follow. He extended his downwind leg much further than I wanted to go, and I became concerned about making the runway if the engine quit. I started looking for landing sites while keeping track of the plane in front of me. My plane was much faster than the small aircraft I was following, so when we turned final, I was gaining on him. I then started making s-turns to keep from getting too close and was still trying to find landing sites to use if the engine quite. I was low and slow with a young passenger (3 or 4 yrs old) who was crying every time the plane turned. The small aircraft landed and pulled off the runway while I was on short final. The sun was very bright and low behind me. I looked at the landing indicators and thought they were on (it must have been the bright sun shining on them). The first indication I had of the gear not being down was when I heard the bottom of the plane touch the runway.

Related reports:

Google
 

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF SMA LANDED GEAR UP.

Narrative: WHILE GIVING COURTESY RIDES FOR AN ARPT OPEN HOUSE, THE ENG QUIT RUNNING JUST AS I WAS ENTERING DOWNWIND. I WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE PROPER STEPS AND THE ENG REGAINED LIFE. SINCE I WAS NEAR THE RWY, I WAS NOT CONCERNED AT THIS POINT. WHEN I STARTED TO TURN BASE, I PULLED THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN, BUT HEARD ANOTHER ACFT ANNOUNCE TURNING BASE FOR THE SAME RWY. I HAD NOT SEEN ANY OTHER PLANES, SO I WAS CONCERNED THAT HE WAS UNDER ME SINCE I WAS A LITTLE HIGH. MY GEAR HANDLE POPPED BACK UP WHEN I GRABBED THE MIC AND ASKED FOR THE POS OF THE OTHER ACFT. HE SAID HE WAS TURNING BASE FOR RWY 6 AT FLAGLER. I TURNED BACK TO A DOWNWIND HDG AND SPOTTED HIM AHEAD OF ME AND STARTED TO FOLLOW. HE EXTENDED HIS DOWNWIND LEG MUCH FURTHER THAN I WANTED TO GO, AND I BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING THE RWY IF THE ENG QUIT. I STARTED LOOKING FOR LNDG SITES WHILE KEEPING TRACK OF THE PLANE IN FRONT OF ME. MY PLANE WAS MUCH FASTER THAN THE SMA I WAS FOLLOWING, SO WHEN WE TURNED FINAL, I WAS GAINING ON HIM. I THEN STARTED MAKING S-TURNS TO KEEP FROM GETTING TOO CLOSE AND WAS STILL TRYING TO FIND LNDG SITES TO USE IF THE ENG QUITE. I WAS LOW AND SLOW WITH A YOUNG PAX (3 OR 4 YRS OLD) WHO WAS CRYING EVERY TIME THE PLANE TURNED. THE SMA LANDED AND PULLED OFF THE RWY WHILE I WAS ON SHORT FINAL. THE SUN WAS VERY BRIGHT AND LOW BEHIND ME. I LOOKED AT THE LNDG INDICATORS AND THOUGHT THEY WERE ON (IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE BRIGHT SUN SHINING ON THEM). THE FIRST INDICATION I HAD OF THE GEAR NOT BEING DOWN WAS WHEN I HEARD THE BOTTOM OF THE PLANE TOUCH THE RWY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.