A BE35's landing gear would not retract after takeoff so the pilot continued to his destination; gea...

Attributes
ACN	978495
Time
Date	201110
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Bonanza 35
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 2300 Flight Crew Type 1000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

Narrative:

I flew to my home base after lunch in at a distant airport. After takeoff; the gear would not retract even after the circuit breaker was pulled and reset. I flew back to my home airport at about 120 KTS instead of 160 KTS using flight following the whole way. I asked for and received direct to the airport because I was concerned about fuel. Approaching the field; I told ATC I had 30 minutes of fuel remaining (10 minutes of flight remained to the airport). The rest of the flight [was] unremarkable and we landed safely. When I put gas in the plane I realized I actually had 50 minutes of fuel remaining when I told ATC I thought I had 30 minutes.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A BE35's landing gear would not retract after takeoff so the pilot continued to his destination; gear down; with ATC flight following and a concern about fuel remaining which turn out to be unfounded.

Narrative: I flew to my home base after lunch in at a distant airport. After takeoff; the gear would not retract even after the circuit breaker was pulled and reset. I flew back to my home airport at about 120 KTS instead of 160 KTS using flight following the whole way. I asked for and received direct to the airport because I was concerned about fuel. Approaching the field; I told ATC I had 30 minutes of fuel remaining (10 minutes of flight remained to the airport). The rest of the flight [was] unremarkable and we landed safely. When I put gas in the plane I realized I actually had 50 minutes of fuel remaining when I told ATC I thought I had 30 minutes.

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.