Narrative:

VFR arrival at DCU; entered left downwind to runway 36. On base leg started the before landing checklist using it as a 'do' list so as not to miss anything. As I reached for the landing gear lever; I noticed I was slower than I wanted to be; so I went to the throttle and advanced it. I then failed to go back to the landing gear lever and continued on with the checklist. On final I made one more quick glance at the gear lights; flaps; and airspeed indicator and convinced myself that everything looked correct. (The sun shining in may have helped convince my mind that the lights were green instead of not illuminated.) as I continued to landing I apparently never retarded the throttle back far enough to engage the gear warning horn because I never got one until in the flare; which I attributed to stall warning on landing flare. In flare propeller struck the runway and I slid to a stop. Contributing factors -- low time in aircraft; using a checklist as a 'do' list; and not rechking thoroughly. Not recognizing the proper sight picture for landing and not recognizing in the flare that the horn I heard was the gear warning and not the stall warning. As I pulled the power back in the flare I also was adjusting pitch and thought the horn was a stall warning because I reduced pitch and horn stopped and then increased pitch and horn sounded leading me to think I moved in and out and back into stall warning horn as propeller struck runway. No injuries or damage to property other than propeller and under carriage scraping.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A V35 PLT DAMAGED THE PROP WHEN HE LANDED GEAR UP BECAUSE OF DISTR WHILE RUNNING THE CHKLIST.

Narrative: VFR ARR AT DCU; ENTERED L DOWNWIND TO RWY 36. ON BASE LEG STARTED THE BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST USING IT AS A 'DO' LIST SO AS NOT TO MISS ANYTHING. AS I REACHED FOR THE LNDG GEAR LEVER; I NOTICED I WAS SLOWER THAN I WANTED TO BE; SO I WENT TO THE THROTTLE AND ADVANCED IT. I THEN FAILED TO GO BACK TO THE LNDG GEAR LEVER AND CONTINUED ON WITH THE CHKLIST. ON FINAL I MADE ONE MORE QUICK GLANCE AT THE GEAR LIGHTS; FLAPS; AND AIRSPD INDICATOR AND CONVINCED MYSELF THAT EVERYTHING LOOKED CORRECT. (THE SUN SHINING IN MAY HAVE HELPED CONVINCE MY MIND THAT THE LIGHTS WERE GREEN INSTEAD OF NOT ILLUMINATED.) AS I CONTINUED TO LNDG I APPARENTLY NEVER RETARDED THE THROTTLE BACK FAR ENOUGH TO ENGAGE THE GEAR WARNING HORN BECAUSE I NEVER GOT ONE UNTIL IN THE FLARE; WHICH I ATTRIBUTED TO STALL WARNING ON LNDG FLARE. IN FLARE PROP STRUCK THE RWY AND I SLID TO A STOP. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS -- LOW TIME IN ACFT; USING A CHKLIST AS A 'DO' LIST; AND NOT RECHKING THOROUGHLY. NOT RECOGNIZING THE PROPER SIGHT PICTURE FOR LNDG AND NOT RECOGNIZING IN THE FLARE THAT THE HORN I HEARD WAS THE GEAR WARNING AND NOT THE STALL WARNING. AS I PULLED THE PWR BACK IN THE FLARE I ALSO WAS ADJUSTING PITCH AND THOUGHT THE HORN WAS A STALL WARNING BECAUSE I REDUCED PITCH AND HORN STOPPED AND THEN INCREASED PITCH AND HORN SOUNDED LEADING ME TO THINK I MOVED IN AND OUT AND BACK INTO STALL WARNING HORN AS PROP STRUCK RWY. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OTHER THAN PROP AND UNDER CARRIAGE SCRAPING.

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.