A C185 pilot reported scraping the aircraft's belly on landing at a gravel strip.

Attributes
ACN	891105
Time
Date	201005
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skywagon 185
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 23000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft

Narrative:

On landing C-185 scrapped belly of aircraft. Minor skin damage on belly. Possible aircraft center of gravity load. Human judgment on load and clearance of rough terrain on landing and approach. No approved gravel strip.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C185 pilot reported scraping the aircraft's belly on landing at a gravel strip.

Narrative: On landing C-185 scrapped belly of aircraft. Minor skin damage on belly. Possible aircraft center of gravity load. Human judgment on load and clearance of rough terrain on landing and approach. No approved gravel strip.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.