Had my first "good" landing in MSFS today

Or why you should not ignore the checklist.

Flying the DA62 today on a visual approach I was going through the checklist and was phoning it in.

When it was time to put the landing gear down I know I hit a key on the keyboard but I’m not sure if I hit the wrong key or the keyboard did not have focus. But the landing gear never went down.

I did not notice this, and I just assumed it was down and never actually checked and was ticking away on the checklist all ready for a nice smooth landing.

I’m on short final, flared, floated, and then heard a strange noise as both engines died and I got some announcements on the PFD.

The plane skidded to a stop and I accidentally but successfully performed a gear up belly landing.

FSEconomy even gave me credit for a completed flight.

I learned that checklists are there for a reason, take them seriously.

That is all, carry on.

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Nice!

It could have been this:
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I should have taken a screenshot for posterity.

I did this exact same thing with a G58 this weekend. OnAir also gave me credit for a successful flight.