Narrative:

I was receiving dual instruction aboard the subject aircraft by an instructor. We departed axh at around XA00. This was an instructed cross country as part of a 15 hour chkout on this bonanza. We flew to and landed at cpr without any problem. We then flew to aus. While on approach we did not get a gear down light, and we requested that the tower verify the gear was extended. Tower confirmed gear down. Gear down light was adjusted by the instructor pilot and stayed on. Landing was unremarkable. Last leg was back to axh. Again on approach, no gear down light. We did a go around. Raised gear and heard motor. Lowered gear, heard motor but the gear down light still flickered. We landed thinking gear was down, but it was not. Landing was with engine at idle. Upon touching ground, mixture and ignition were turned off. Aircraft came to rest on centerline with nose about 4 ft to the left. Upon exiting aircraft, gear doors were open but gear had not extended. Examination of the circuit breaker panel revealed that the gear motor circuit breaker was popped. The aircraft was raised with a jack, the breaker pushed back and the gear extended. Contributing factors to the event: 1) the gear down green light bulb had burned out earlier in the week. The instructor and I were informed that the gear up light had been switched to the gear down position until a new light could be obtained. 2) light flickering and then staying on during the austin landing gave the instructor confidence that the gear was down but rather there existed a problem with the indicator light. There were no injuries, and the extent of the damage to the aircraft is unknown at this time.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BE35 BONANZA ACFT HAD GEAR INDICATING PROB, BUT FIRST LNDG TWR VERIFIED IT WAS DOWN. RETURN FLT AND NEXT LNDG FLC ASSUMED IT WAS DOWN BECAUSE OF MOTOR NOISE, BUT IT WASN'T AND THEY LANDED GEAR UP. GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED.

Narrative: I WAS RECEIVING DUAL INSTRUCTION ABOARD THE SUBJECT ACFT BY AN INSTRUCTOR. WE DEPARTED AXH AT AROUND XA00. THIS WAS AN INSTRUCTED XCOUNTRY AS PART OF A 15 HR CHKOUT ON THIS BONANZA. WE FLEW TO AND LANDED AT CPR WITHOUT ANY PROB. WE THEN FLEW TO AUS. WHILE ON APCH WE DID NOT GET A GEAR DOWN LIGHT, AND WE REQUESTED THAT THE TWR VERIFY THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED. TWR CONFIRMED GEAR DOWN. GEAR DOWN LIGHT WAS ADJUSTED BY THE INSTRUCTOR PLT AND STAYED ON. LNDG WAS UNREMARKABLE. LAST LEG WAS BACK TO AXH. AGAIN ON APCH, NO GEAR DOWN LIGHT. WE DID A GAR. RAISED GEAR AND HEARD MOTOR. LOWERED GEAR, HEARD MOTOR BUT THE GEAR DOWN LIGHT STILL FLICKERED. WE LANDED THINKING GEAR WAS DOWN, BUT IT WAS NOT. LNDG WAS WITH ENG AT IDLE. UPON TOUCHING GND, MIXTURE AND IGNITION WERE TURNED OFF. ACFT CAME TO REST ON CTRLINE WITH NOSE ABOUT 4 FT TO THE L. UPON EXITING ACFT, GEAR DOORS WERE OPEN BUT GEAR HAD NOT EXTENDED. EXAMINATION OF THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL REVEALED THAT THE GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED. THE ACFT WAS RAISED WITH A JACK, THE BREAKER PUSHED BACK AND THE GEAR EXTENDED. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE EVENT: 1) THE GEAR DOWN GREEN LIGHT BULB HAD BURNED OUT EARLIER IN THE WK. THE INSTRUCTOR AND I WERE INFORMED THAT THE GEAR UP LIGHT HAD BEEN SWITCHED TO THE GEAR DOWN POS UNTIL A NEW LIGHT COULD BE OBTAINED. 2) LIGHT FLICKERING AND THEN STAYING ON DURING THE AUSTIN LNDG GAVE THE INSTRUCTOR CONFIDENCE THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN BUT RATHER THERE EXISTED A PROB WITH THE INDICATOR LIGHT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE TO THE ACFT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

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.