Narrative:

While flying to crw I was cleared to land on runway 33. At 2 mi I selected gear down. The gear came down, I could see in my mirror, but the gear doors stayed open. The gear lever did not return to the down neutral position and the green gear down light did not illuminate. I recycled once with the same results. I asked tower and received a go around and explained why. The tower observed all 3 gear down but the doors still open, while going around the tower asked for number of passenger on board and fuel. I responded and flew around the pattern trying to troubleshoot my problem. Not wanting to land gear up at a busy airport I requested and received clearance back to my departure airport. I was asked if I needed a fire truck and responded 'no.' I asked for crw tower's land line number and said I would call when on the ground. I landed with no gear light but the gear was down and locked. So there was no problems. After parking the plane I found a circuit breaker for the landing gear open. I had missed this in the air. This was the cause of my problem.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C210B, UNABLE TO GET A POSITIVE GEAR DOWN INDICATION, RETURNS TO DEP ARPT.

Narrative: WHILE FLYING TO CRW I WAS CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 33. AT 2 MI I SELECTED GEAR DOWN. THE GEAR CAME DOWN, I COULD SEE IN MY MIRROR, BUT THE GEAR DOORS STAYED OPEN. THE GEAR LEVER DID NOT RETURN TO THE DOWN NEUTRAL POS AND THE GREEN GEAR DOWN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. I RECYCLED ONCE WITH THE SAME RESULTS. I ASKED TWR AND RECEIVED A GAR AND EXPLAINED WHY. THE TWR OBSERVED ALL 3 GEAR DOWN BUT THE DOORS STILL OPEN, WHILE GOING AROUND THE TWR ASKED FOR NUMBER OF PAX ON BOARD AND FUEL. I RESPONDED AND FLEW AROUND THE PATTERN TRYING TO TROUBLESHOOT MY PROB. NOT WANTING TO LAND GEAR UP AT A BUSY ARPT I REQUESTED AND RECEIVED CLRNC BACK TO MY DEP ARPT. I WAS ASKED IF I NEEDED A FIRE TRUCK AND RESPONDED 'NO.' I ASKED FOR CRW TWR'S LAND LINE NUMBER AND SAID I WOULD CALL WHEN ON THE GND. I LANDED WITH NO GEAR LIGHT BUT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. SO THERE WAS NO PROBS. AFTER PARKING THE PLANE I FOUND A CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE LNDG GEAR OPEN. I HAD MISSED THIS IN THE AIR. THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF MY PROB.

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.