Comment by vk6flab
11 hours ago
The aircraft was doing touch and go's, it was planning to land and immediately take off again, something you typically do to practise procedures.
Speculation is that the pilot forgot to lower the landing gear, but I suspect the NTSB will likely determine the specific circumstances.
The radio traffic is here on the VASAviation YouTube channel:
My uncle did a gear-up landing that way a number of years ago. He was fine, but the plane was a total loss from a financial perspective. It was a Moonie, and the prop hit the ground, which forced an engine rebuild as I understand it.
Scary, but as they say any landing you walk away from...
Mooney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooney_International_Corporati...
(Moonie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_Church_of_the_Unit... )