Narrative:

This report is in response to an aircraft incident regarding an emergency landing. The weather was good under VFR conditions. I along with one passenger flew to ZZZ1 for purposes of practicing instrument approaches. The aircraft was a piper comanche PA-24-250. We conducted several approaches at ZZZ1 for approximately one hour without incident. Upon returning to ZZZ; I requested an extended final into runway xxr for purposes of conducting a simulated ILS approach. Upon intercepting the localizer and glideslope; I reduced power and lowered the landing gear; reciting aloud gumpp (gas; undercarriage; mixture; prop and pump). To this point everything was uneventful. As I began to flare and gradually descend down on the runway; we suddenly heard metal dragging on pavement sound. I instinctively raised the nose and added power. As I began my climb out; tower was contacted and informed we were having gear problem. Tower was then asked to verify whether they had a visual on the gear being down. They indicated that the gear appeared to be down; but not locked in place. At this point it was noticed that the gear handle inside the fuselage was at the halfway mark; not being all the way up or down. Tower was then notified of our situation and was informed that we were leaving the traffic pattern to try and figure out the problem. After several unsuccessful attempts to lower the gear by conventional means and with the emergency lever; the tower was contacted to declare an emergency for a gear-up landing east of runway 17L. We pulled out the poh and began going through the procedures for an emergency landing. Prior to landing I requested a low flyby of the grass area to visually scan for obstacles. We then came back around in the pattern for our final approach. Prior to turning final; I informed tower that I will be shutting down all electrical and that this would be my last transmission. I configured the plane for a just above stall speed landing with full flaps to slow the plane down as much as possible. Upon landing in the grassy area and coming to a complete stop; we immediately departed the plane where we were met by the arff firemen; medical personnel; and airport operations. There were no injuries; only minor damage to aircraft and no damage to property. A special thanks goes out to the air traffic control tower crew for their assistance throughout this endeavor.

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Title: PA24 pilot reports attempted landing with the gear lever in an intermediate position. As the aircraft begins to drag on the runway the pilot successfully goes around. Attempts to fully extend the landing gear are unsuccessful and an emergency landing is made on the grass adjacent to the runway.

Narrative: This report is in response to an aircraft incident regarding an emergency landing. The weather was good under VFR conditions. I along with one passenger flew to ZZZ1 for purposes of practicing instrument approaches. The aircraft was a Piper Comanche PA-24-250. We conducted several approaches at ZZZ1 for approximately one hour without incident. Upon returning to ZZZ; I requested an extended final into Runway XXR for purposes of conducting a simulated ILS approach. Upon intercepting the localizer and glideslope; I reduced power and lowered the landing gear; reciting aloud GUMPP (Gas; Undercarriage; Mixture; Prop and Pump). To this point everything was uneventful. As I began to flare and gradually descend down on the runway; we suddenly heard metal dragging on pavement sound. I instinctively raised the nose and added power. As I began my climb out; Tower was contacted and informed we were having gear problem. Tower was then asked to verify whether they had a visual on the gear being down. They indicated that the gear appeared to be down; but not locked in place. At this point it was noticed that the gear handle inside the fuselage was at the halfway mark; not being all the way up or down. Tower was then notified of our situation and was informed that we were leaving the traffic pattern to try and figure out the problem. After several unsuccessful attempts to lower the gear by conventional means and with the emergency lever; the tower was contacted to declare an emergency for a gear-up landing east of Runway 17L. We pulled out the POH and began going through the procedures for an emergency landing. Prior to landing I requested a low flyby of the grass area to visually scan for obstacles. We then came back around in the pattern for our final approach. Prior to turning final; I informed tower that I will be shutting down all electrical and that this would be my last transmission. I configured the plane for a Just above stall speed landing with full flaps to slow the plane down as much as possible. Upon landing in the grassy area and coming to a complete stop; we immediately departed the plane where we were met by the ARFF firemen; Medical personnel; and Airport Operations. There were no injuries; only minor damage to aircraft and no damage to property. A special thanks goes out to the Air Traffic Control Tower crew for their assistance throughout this endeavor.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.