What happened
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(-23) N9CX while inbound on an ILS to runway 8L at Pueblo (pub) reported no gear down indication. Aircraft orbited airport attempting to manually extend gear, after three low approaches gear was still not down. Aircraft made a gear up landing on runway 8L with no injuries. Upon inspection aircraft found damage to the main gear doors, both lower vertical stabs, below the rudders, slight damage to right rudder, both blades of the rear prop. The aircraft landed on the runway with the nose gear down and locked but both main gear were in a transitional position. It was found that there was no fluid in the landing gear hydraulic reservoir, and the aft hydraulic line on the nose gear actuator was swapped with the overboard drain line from the forward electric fuel pump.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) N9CX WHILE INBOUND ON AN ILS TO RUNWAY 8L AT PUEBLO (PUB) REPORTED NO GEAR DOWN INDICATION. AIRCRAFT ORBITED AIRPORT ATTEMPTING TO MANUALLY EXTEND GEAR, AFTER THREE LOW APPROACHES GEAR WAS STILL NOT DOWN. AIRCRAFT MADE A GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 8L WITH NO INJURIES. UPON INSPECTION AIRCRAFT FOUND DAMAGE TO THE MAIN GEAR DOORS, BOTH LOWER VERTICAL STABS, BELOW THE RUDDERS, SLIGHT DAMAGE TO RIGHT RUDDER, BOTH BLADES OF THE REAR PROP. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE RUNWAY WITH THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED BUT BOTH MAIN GEAR WERE IN A TRANSITIONAL POSITION. IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO FLUID IN THE LANDING GEAR HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR, AND THE AFT HYDRAULIC LINE ON THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR WAS SWAPPED WITH THE OVERBOARD DRAIN LINE FROM THE FORWARD ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP.
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