What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
12/20/2019 - Pilot stated he filed an IFR flight plan and departed from sarasota/bradenton international airport (srq) on 12/20/2019. He departed at 1709 with his wife as a front seat passenger on his new aircraft. Shortly after takeoff, about five minutes into the flight, the pilot stated his air conditioning system shutoff. He tried to turning it back on and nothing happened, so he tried resetting the circuit breaker and still nothing. He continued the flight without air conditioning to his destination, Ocala airport, (ocf). After the pilot was cleared to land at ocf and was on approach, he stated his wife was calling out the landing checklist. His wife call gear and flaps, the pilot responded with ?will put flap in approach to slow down and move gear when less than 150 knots.? The pilot said once he slowed down, he put the gear down felt the aircraft slow but did not confirm three green gear lights indicating the gear was down and locked at any time. The pilot then state he did not know his gear was not down and locked until he felt the belly of the aircraft scrape the ground on landing. Nobody was injured, but the propeller also struck the ground on all blades because the engine was running normal upon landing. The rescue crew at the airport recovered the aircraft, jacked it up and lifted with ground support pillows and extended the gear. The pilot believes he did move the gear handle down and also believes there was an electrical issue which caused the gear to start going down and then it stopped. I was not able to verify the gear started to extend and then stopped. The pilot stated once the aircraft was towed to the hangar, he saw the circuit breaker for the landing gear was open. The pilot believes this happened when the gear started and stopped. If the pilot did not put the gear handle down prior to landing and then upon landing when the aircraft scrapped the ground, he panicked and put the gear handle down, this may cause the circuit breaker to pop. I asked the pilot if he got a gear up warning horn and he stated no horn at all. - jav
01/13/2020 ? Pilot/owner said his mechanic started troubleshooting for a fault in the landing gear system and the mechanic stated there is a short in the landing gear circuit breaker, it will not stay pushed in, there is no gear down and lock light or horn. The pilot/owner said he is working with Beechcraft in ft. lauderdale for technical support. There is only 30 hours total time on the aircraft. - jav
As the FAA filed it
12/20/2019 - PILOT STATED HE FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND DEPARTED FROM SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SRQ) ON 12/20/2019. HE DEPARTED AT 1709 WITH HIS WIFE AS A FRONT SEAT PASSENGER ON HIS NEW AIRCRAFT. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, ABOUT FIVE MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT STATED HIS AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM SHUTOFF. HE TRIED TO TURNING IT BACK ON AND NOTHING HAPPENED, SO HE TRIED RESETTING THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND STILL NOTHING. HE CONTINUED THE FLIGHT WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING TO HIS DESTINATION, OCALA AIRPORT, (OCF). AFTER THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND AT OCF AND WAS ON APPROACH, HE STATED HIS WIFE WAS CALLING OUT THE LANDING CHECKLIST. HIS WIFE CALL GEAR AND FLAPS, THE PILOT RESPONDED WITH ?WILL PUT FLAP IN APPROACH TO SLOW DOWN AND MOVE GEAR WHEN LESS THAN 150 KNOTS.? THE PILOT SAID ONCE HE SLOWED DOWN, HE PUT THE GEAR DOWN FELT THE AIRCRAFT SLOW BUT DID NOT CONFIRM THREE GREEN GEAR LIGHTS INDICATING THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED AT ANY TIME. THE PILOT THEN STATE HE DID NOT KNOW HIS GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED UNTIL HE FELT THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT SCRAPE THE GROUND ON LANDING. NOBODY WAS INJURED, BUT THE PROPELLER ALSO STRUCK THE GROUND ON ALL BLADES BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING NORMAL UPON LANDING. THE RESCUE CREW AT THE AIRPORT RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT, JACKED IT UP AND LIFTED WITH GROUND SUPPORT PILLOWS AND EXTENDED THE GEAR. THE PILOT BELIEVES HE DID MOVE THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND ALSO BELIEVES THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE WHICH CAUSED THE GEAR TO START GOING DOWN AND THEN IT STOPPED. I WAS NOT ABLE TO VERIFY THE GEAR STARTED TO EXTEND AND THEN STOPPED. THE PILOT STATED ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE HANGAR, HE SAW THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE LANDING GEAR WAS OPEN. THE PILOT BELIEVES THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE GEAR STARTED AND STOPPED. IF THE PILOT DID NOT PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN PRIOR TO LANDING AND THEN UPON LANDING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SCRAPPED THE GROUND, HE PANICKED AND PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN, THIS MAY CAUSE THE CIRCUIT BREAKER TO POP. I ASKED THE PILOT IF HE GOT A GEAR UP WARNING HORN AND HE STATED NO HORN AT ALL. - JAV
01/13/2020 ? PILOT/OWNER SAID HIS MECHANIC STARTED TROUBLESHOOTING FOR A FAULT IN THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AND THE MECHANIC STATED THERE IS A SHORT IN THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER, IT WILL NOT STAY PUSHED IN, THERE IS NO GEAR DOWN AND LOCK LIGHT OR HORN. THE PILOT/OWNER SAID HE IS WORKING WITH BEECHCRAFT IN FT. LAUDERDALE FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT. THERE IS ONLY 30 HOURS TOTAL TIME ON THE AIRCRAFT. - JAV