What happened
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The instructor (PIC) and student pilot arrived at the airport at approximately 0710 local time. The initial portion of the flight was uneventful. The flight then returned to kgeu, the aircraft remained in the traffic pattern to conduct full-stop, taxi-back landings. Three laps in the pattern were completed, during which the instructor noted the student’s landings were smooth and the aircraft was operating normally with no anomalies observed.
After takeoff for one additional lap in the pattern, the student pilot selected the landing gear lever to the up position. The landing gear did not retract. The landing gear motor circuit breaker had tripped and, when reset, immediately tripped again.
The student pilot used the mirror mounted on the left engine cowling to visually confirm the nose landing gear appeared fully extended and provided a photograph of the mirror view to the instructor. The landing gear warning horn was not sounding, and the transmission under the floorboard appeared to be fully forward, indicating the landing gear was down and locked. However, the absence of a green gear-down indication light and the repeatedly tripping circuit breaker indicated the system was not confirming a down-and-locked condition.
The PIC elected to land the aircraft, believing the landing gear was down and locked. Upon touchdown, all three landing gear struts slowly collapsed, and the aircraft skidded a short distance down the runway. The instructor (PIC) declared an emergency with the control tower, shut off the engine by pulling the mixture control, and both pilots exited the aircraft without injury.
As the FAA filed it
THE INSTRUCTOR (PIC) AND STUDENT PILOT ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 0710 LOCAL TIME. THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE FLIGHT THEN RETURNED TO KGEU, THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO CONDUCT FULL-STOP, TAXI-BACK LANDINGS. THREE LAPS IN THE PATTERN WERE COMPLETED, DURING WHICH THE INSTRUCTOR NOTED THE STUDENT’S LANDINGS WERE SMOOTH AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING NORMALLY WITH NO ANOMALIES OBSERVED.
AFTER TAKEOFF FOR ONE ADDITIONAL LAP IN THE PATTERN, THE STUDENT PILOT SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER TO THE UP POSITION. THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD TRIPPED AND, WHEN RESET, IMMEDIATELY TRIPPED AGAIN.
THE STUDENT PILOT USED THE MIRROR MOUNTED ON THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING TO VISUALLY CONFIRM THE NOSE LANDING GEAR APPEARED FULLY EXTENDED AND PROVIDED A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MIRROR VIEW TO THE INSTRUCTOR. THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN WAS NOT SOUNDING, AND THE TRANSMISSION UNDER THE FLOORBOARD APPEARED TO BE FULLY FORWARD, INDICATING THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. HOWEVER, THE ABSENCE OF A GREEN GEAR-DOWN INDICATION LIGHT AND THE REPEATEDLY TRIPPING CIRCUIT BREAKER INDICATED THE SYSTEM WAS NOT CONFIRMING A DOWN-AND-LOCKED CONDITION.
THE PIC ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT, BELIEVING THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. UPON TOUCHDOWN, ALL THREE LANDING GEAR STRUTS SLOWLY COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED A SHORT DISTANCE DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE INSTRUCTOR (PIC) DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH THE CONTROL TOWER, SHUT OFF THE ENGINE BY PULLING THE MIXTURE CONTROL, AND BOTH PILOTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.
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