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Narrative: after meeting with one of our operators, inspector russ graves and myself were informed an aircraft had just landed with the landing gear up. We proceeded to the site and found the aircraft resting on its belly surrounded by a half dozen airport tenants. Airport workers were in the process of preparing a sling to lift the aircraft. Everyone was stunned the FAA had arrived so quickly. After a brief walk around inspection of the aircraft, I interviewed the pilot. The pilot stated everything was normal through out the flight and the approach was uneventful. He stated he selected the gear handle down and completed his checklist. After reduced power to idle and as he crossed the threshold and flared he noticed the gear lights weren't on and the landing gear circuit breaker was "popped." At that same time the propeller began to strike the pavement and the aircraft settled down on the runway. The aircraft slid on the nose tire and main gear doors and came to rest midway down the runway right of the center line. Minor damage to the flaps and main gear doors. The pilot reported he had had problems with thegear motor continuing to run after selecting up and had been using the circuit breaker to turn the motor off. The aircraft was towed to a hangar. After the aircraft was parked I inspected the landing gear circuit breaker, which was out, and discovered it appeared to be loose and worn. This closes this report, no further action.