When the normal landing gear extension system failed the pilot of a commander 114 utilized the emerg...

Narrative:

[I] had a landing gear extension problem. No green or in transit light. Asked ATC to see if gear was down and they advised low pass and I complied. ATC said they could not see gear down. I departed the pattern to work on the issue. Despite efforts to lower gear no green lights or in transit light would come on. [I] used my emergency landing gear checklist and gear extended per the checklist. Heard the gear thumps and had 2 green for the mains. [I] slowed the airplane per checklist and around 85 KTS felt and heard nose gear drop. Had 3 green. On final called ATC and asked for visual on the gear. Was advised all three were down. Landed as slow as possible and it was a normal landing.after discussing the problem with maintenance personnel and knowing the gear issue was isolated by the circuit breaker I placarded the gear lever and the circuit breaker in case I got distracted during takeoff or landing and flew the airplane with the wheels down direct to my airport and landed normally.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: When the normal landing gear extension system failed the pilot of a Commander 114 utilized the emergency extension procedure; was rewarded with three green lights; and landed safely.

Narrative: [I] had a landing gear extension problem. No green or in transit light. Asked ATC to see if gear was down and they advised low pass and I complied. ATC said they could not see gear down. I departed the pattern to work on the issue. Despite efforts to lower gear no green lights or in transit light would come on. [I] used my emergency landing gear checklist and gear extended per the checklist. Heard the gear thumps and had 2 green for the mains. [I] slowed the airplane per checklist and around 85 KTS felt and heard nose gear drop. Had 3 green. On final called ATC and asked for visual on the gear. Was advised all three were down. Landed as slow as possible and it was a normal landing.After discussing the problem with maintenance personnel and knowing the gear issue was isolated by the circuit breaker I placarded the gear lever and the circuit breaker in case I got distracted during takeoff or landing and flew the airplane with the wheels down direct to my airport and landed normally.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1021456
Time
Date	201207
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commander 114/A/B/TC
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 11.5 Flight Crew Total 983 Flight Crew Type 983
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

When the normal landing gear extension system failed the pilot of a commander 114 utilized the emergency extension procedure; was rewarded with three green lights; and landed safely.