A M20J pilot landed gear up after putting the gear handle down assuming the gear would be down; but because the gear down indicator was intermittent that day; did not think it unusual that there was no gear down and locked indication.

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Attributes
ACN	974683
Time
Date	201110
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	M-20 J (201) / Allegro
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Indicating and Warning - Landing Gear
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 1950 Flight Crew Type 950
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Gear Up Landing

Narrative:

[I was] cleared to land by tower. Gear down indicator light [had] intermittent problems that day. Gear lever [was] down; [but when] landing [the] gear was not extended.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A M20J pilot landed gear up after putting the gear handle down assuming the gear would be down; but because the gear down indicator was intermittent that day; did not think it unusual that there was no gear down and locked indication.

Narrative: [I was] cleared to land by Tower. Gear down indicator light [had] intermittent problems that day. Gear lever [was] down; [but when] landing [the] gear was not extended.

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.