Accident Douglas DC-6BF N600UA,

Date:	Sunday 12 June 2011
Time:	02:45
Type:	Douglas DC-6BF
Owner/operator:	Universal Airlines, Inc.
Registration:	N600UA
MSN:	44894/651
Year of manufacture:	1956
Total airframe hrs:	37334 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-2800
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Cold Bay Airport, AK (CDB) - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Togiak Village Airport, AK (TOG/PATG)
Destination airport:	Cold Bay Airport, AK (CDB/PACD)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A DC-6BF cargo plane sustained substantial damage in a belly landing at Cold Bay Airport, AK (CDB), USA. None of the four crew members were injured.
The airplane operated on a positioning flight from Togiak Village (TOG).
According to the captain, while on approach to land, he distracted the crew by pointing out a boat dock. He said that after touchdown, he realized that the landing gear was not extended, and the airplane slid on its belly, sustaining substantial damage to the underside of the fuselage. In the captain's written statement to the NTSB, he reported that there were no preaccident mechanical problems with the airplane, but indicated that the flight crew did not hear the landing gear retracted warning horn.
The airplane was put up for sale by KW Salvage in September 2011 and again in July 2013

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight crew's failure to extend the landing gear, which resulted in an inadvertent wheels up landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's diverted attention."

Accident investigation: