Yeah, I wouldn't expect him to have the gear down. Landing gear is only good for landing on a runway/landing strip. I would even think that you wouldn't want the gear down landing in a field; as all it would do is be one more thing to rip off the plane.
I had to watch that landing over and over. I know on one episode of Mayday they showed a computer model of how a pilot could safely land on water, but no pilots were able to pull it off with a cripled plane.
Worth saying again- that pilot did an amazing job.
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