A C210 pilot landed gear up following a VFR approach in thunderstorm activity.

Attributes
ACN	660772
Time
Date	200506
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lnp.airport
State Reference	VA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	Turbulence Thunderstorm Rain
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Cessna 210 Centurion / Turbo Centurion 210C 210D
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 780 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	660772
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters : gear up landing inflight encounter : turbulence inflight encounter : weather other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Weather
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Altitude 6000 ft for lnp arrival with tri cities ATC through embedded thunderstorms with moderate to severe turbulence (1500 ft vertical ascent rate in thunderstorms). Turned over to indy ATC. Finally allowed descent below altitude 5000 ft in moderate VFR rain. Stressed due to thunderstorm activity. Field in sight: chose runway 24 steep descent profile to threshold. Raised nose to drop airspeed to gear retraction speed; inadvertently lowered flaps instead of gear. Realized gear up upon touchdown. Centerline landing; skidded off runway into grass. No injuries; no structural damage. Lifted aircraft with heavy equipment and lowered gears. Removed aircraft from runway environment at XA30 that evening as instructed. I have modified all of my checklists for quick reference and use. Most of all; the true lesson learn is that I should have gone around to the opposite threshold and used the time to check all configurations instead of trying to land the aircraft in a stressed situation. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated the only aircraft damage was a propeller and engine.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C210 PLT LANDED GEAR UP FOLLOWING A VFR APCH IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

Narrative: ALT 6000 FT FOR LNP ARR WITH TRI CITIES ATC THROUGH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE TURB (1500 FT VERTICAL ASCENT RATE IN THUNDERSTORMS). TURNED OVER TO INDY ATC. FINALLY ALLOWED DSCNT BELOW ALT 5000 FT IN MODERATE VFR RAIN. STRESSED DUE TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. FIELD IN SIGHT: CHOSE RWY 24 STEEP DSCNT PROFILE TO THRESHOLD. RAISED NOSE TO DROP AIRSPEED TO GEAR RETRACTION SPEED; INADVERTENTLY LOWERED FLAPS INSTEAD OF GEAR. REALIZED GEAR UP UPON TOUCHDOWN. CTRLINE LNDG; SKIDDED OFF RWY INTO GRASS. NO INJURIES; NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. LIFTED ACFT WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND LOWERED GEARS. REMOVED ACFT FROM RWY ENVIRONMENT AT XA30 THAT EVENING AS INSTRUCTED. I HAVE MODIFIED ALL OF MY CHKLISTS FOR QUICK REF AND USE. MOST OF ALL; THE TRUE LESSON LEARN IS THAT I SHOULD HAVE GONE AROUND TO THE OPPOSITE THRESHOLD AND USED THE TIME TO CHECK ALL CONFIGURATIONS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO LAND THE ACFT IN A STRESSED SIT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THE ONLY ACFT DAMAGE WAS A PROP AND ENGINE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.