Lancair legacy pilot reported a propeller strike when he noticed he did not have three green lights ...

Narrative:

I took a VFR flight to ZZZ. After checking in with ZZZ tower I was instructed to enter left downwind for runway xxr. I entered the pattern on a left downwind and lowered my landing gear abeam numbers as I usually do. Shortly after I was told by tower that I would be following a cessna traffic two mile final. Anticipating a long downwind; I retracted my landing gear and requested tower to call my base. All was smooth and as expected from downwind to final when tower called out traffic that was landing at the same time on runway xxl. I continued a vigorous visual lookout for traffic to short final. Over the threshold I did a visual check to confirm I had 3 greens. Not seeing green lights; I visually confirmed gear handle in up position and at the same time applied power. As the airplane slowed its descent and started to climb; I heard a loud sound outside of the aircraft. At this point I decided going around would not be a safe option. After the gears were fully lowered and locked; I confirmed ample runway available for a safe landing and performed a smooth; safe landing exiting the runway. After contacting ground controller; I then taxied to transient area via alpha taxiway and shut down. When I inspected the aircraft after landing; I noticed that the propeller had been damaged.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Lancair Legacy pilot reported a propeller strike when he noticed he did not have three green lights on short final. He added power and lowered the gear for a safe landing.

Narrative: I took a VFR flight to ZZZ. After checking in with ZZZ tower I was instructed to enter left downwind for Runway XXR. I entered the pattern on a left downwind and lowered my landing gear abeam numbers as I usually do. Shortly after I was told by tower that I would be following a Cessna traffic two mile final. Anticipating a long downwind; I retracted my landing gear and requested tower to call my base. All was smooth and as expected from downwind to final when tower called out traffic that was landing at the same time on Runway XXL. I continued a vigorous visual lookout for traffic to short final. Over the threshold I did a visual check to confirm I had 3 greens. Not seeing green lights; I visually confirmed gear handle in up position and at the same time applied power. As the airplane slowed its descent and started to climb; I heard a loud sound outside of the aircraft. At this point I decided going around would not be a safe option. After the gears were fully lowered and locked; I confirmed ample runway available for a safe landing and performed a smooth; safe landing exiting the runway. After contacting ground controller; I then taxied to transient area via Alpha taxiway and shut down. When I inspected the aircraft after landing; I noticed that the propeller had been damaged.

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Attributes
ACN	1433296
Time
Date	201703
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Lancair Legacy
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Direct Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 4100 Flight Crew Type 700
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft

Lancair legacy pilot reported a propeller strike when he noticed he did not have three green lights on short final. He added power and lowered the gear for a safe landing.