Narrative:

I was a single pilot, on demand charter, to rbg, departed pdx. Checked WX and aircraft dispatch book and saw no write-ups on the aircraft. The first leg was a ferry to pickup 6 passenger at rbg. On final at rbg, the landing gear extended part way and then popped the landing gear circuit breaker. I put the gear handle in the gear up position and reset the circuit breaker. The gear retracted and I put the gear handle back down. The landing gear failed to extend, so I put the gear down using the checklist and the manual gear extension handle and got the green lights. On short final, reset the landing gear circuit breaker and everything appeared normal. A normal landing was performed. When on the ground and thought about what had happened, I may have extended the gear at too high an airspeed. About that time the passenger showed up and stated they had a departure time at pdx. Assuming I had experienced an anomaly in the gear extension, loaded the passenger and departed for pdx. On arrival at pdx, the gear extended normally and confirmed my earlier suspicion about the anomaly. When discussing this problem with maintenance and writing up what had happened, I found out that the aircraft had a recent history of landing gear extension problems, but there was no record of this in the dispatch book. The dispatch book for any aircraft that is flown by many other pilots should have the maintenance write-ups left in the book for a period of at least 3 months to let other pilots know what problems the aircraft had in the past. Also, I shouldn't have let the passenger departure time pressure me into a hasty departure. Think before you leap.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GEAR PROB. CONTINUED FLT WITH PAX.

Narrative: I WAS A SINGLE PLT, ON DEMAND CHARTER, TO RBG, DEPARTED PDX. CHKED WX AND ACFT DISPATCH BOOK AND SAW NO WRITE-UPS ON THE ACFT. THE FIRST LEG WAS A FERRY TO PICKUP 6 PAX AT RBG. ON FINAL AT RBG, THE LNDG GEAR EXTENDED PART WAY AND THEN POPPED THE LNDG GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER. I PUT THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE GEAR UP POS AND RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. THE GEAR RETRACTED AND I PUT THE GEAR HANDLE BACK DOWN. THE LNDG GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND, SO I PUT THE GEAR DOWN USING THE CHKLIST AND THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE AND GOT THE GREEN LIGHTS. ON SHORT FINAL, RESET THE LNDG GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER AND EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL. A NORMAL LNDG WAS PERFORMED. WHEN ON THE GND AND THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED, I MAY HAVE EXTENDED THE GEAR AT TOO HIGH AN AIRSPD. ABOUT THAT TIME THE PAX SHOWED UP AND STATED THEY HAD A DEP TIME AT PDX. ASSUMING I HAD EXPERIENCED AN ANOMALY IN THE GEAR EXTENSION, LOADED THE PAX AND DEPARTED FOR PDX. ON ARR AT PDX, THE GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY AND CONFIRMED MY EARLIER SUSPICION ABOUT THE ANOMALY. WHEN DISCUSSING THIS PROB WITH MAINT AND WRITING UP WHAT HAD HAPPENED, I FOUND OUT THAT THE ACFT HAD A RECENT HISTORY OF LNDG GEAR EXTENSION PROBS, BUT THERE WAS NO RECORD OF THIS IN THE DISPATCH BOOK. THE DISPATCH BOOK FOR ANY ACFT THAT IS FLOWN BY MANY OTHER PLTS SHOULD HAVE THE MAINT WRITE-UPS LEFT IN THE BOOK FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST 3 MONTHS TO LET OTHER PLTS KNOW WHAT PROBS THE ACFT HAD IN THE PAST. ALSO, I SHOULDN'T HAVE LET THE PAX DEP TIME PRESSURE ME INTO A HASTY DEP. THINK BEFORE YOU LEAP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.