aileron_69 said:
Other than mechanical failure, how on earth can anyone wheels up a plane?? No offence but landing with the wheels up is like trying to take a leak before taking your old fella out of your pants, the only excuse is being either drunk or retarded!
Old saying about wheels up:
"There are those that already have, and there are those that are going to"
I know the director of a well known aviation insurer (now absorbed into a bigger one) who did a wheels up in his aircraft. He forgot to lower the gear because he was distracted by the noise of the alarm (GEAR UNSAFE).
Seriously hard to stuff up in a Cessna I would have thought - you can eyeball the u/c, whereas in a low wing most times you rely on 3 light globes.