been there, done that. the armchair pilots all will tell you that you should have went for the grass, should have done this or that differently, blah blah blah.
at the end of the incident, everyone walked off the aircraft unhurt. mission accomplished.
I did turn the fuel selector valve off on short final and pulled the mixture over the numbers just as the engine started to hiccup. This was for a number of reasons. 1. that is what the book said to do. 2. I figured this would make a post landing fire less likely. (My plane started on fire anyway, but thankfully not for a minute or 2 after I was out. )
Interestingly enough, the manual said FLAPS UP for the forced gear up landing. This was a bit counter-intuitive to me, thinking I would want to slow the plane down as much as possible. I figured the guys who wrote the checklist knew better than I did and since I am here to talk about it, I suppose that assumption was correct. Still, the plane was pretty darn hard to slow down with the gear and flaps up.
Truth be told, gear up landings aren't a whole lot different than the ones with the wheels down. They are a just little noisier and a lot more expensive than your normal landings
