What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot stated that during take off he heard a loud bang when the landing gear was retracted. Upon climbing to a safe altitude he began trouble shooting the landing gear and observed that the landing gear circuit breaker had popped. Pilot then attempted to reset the circuit breaker and lower the landing gear at which time the circuit breaker popped again and the gear failed to lower. The pilot made several more attempts to reset the circuit breaker which were unsuccessful. Pilot stated that he then attempted to manually lower the landing gear but that the landing gear manual crank would not engage. Pilot then returned to the airport and completed a gear up landing.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT STATED THAT DURING TAKE OFF HE HEARD A LOUD BANG WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED. UPON CLIMBING TO A SAFE ALTITUDE HE BEGAN TROUBLE SHOOTING THE LANDING GEAR AND OBSERVED THAT THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED. PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AT WHICH TIME THE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED AGAIN AND THE GEAR FAILED TO LOWER. THE PILOT MADE SEVERAL MORE ATTEMPTS TO RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WHICH WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. PILOT STATED THAT HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY LOWER THE LANDING GEAR BUT THAT THE LANDING GEAR MANUAL CRANK WOULD NOT ENGAGE. PILOT THEN RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND COMPLETED A GEAR UP LANDING.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.