Narrative:

On feb/thu/97, I filed and flew an IFR flight plan from dca to miv. During the final approach phase I lowered the landing gear as part of the landing checklist. The landing gear switch was in the down position, however, the gear did not give the usual response of a thud and click when down. The 'amber up' light was out but the 'green down' light was out also. Checking the visual gear position indictor on the floor showed the gear was partially down. The approach was abandoned and a missed approach was executed. I contacted atlantic city approach and told them I was having a gear problem and needed some place to go into an IFR hold. I made numerous attempts to reset and recycle the gear using the pilots operating handbook and emergency extension section. Then I tried the manual gear extension procedure checklist in the pilots operating handbook emergency section. Trying both processes numerous times, I was unable to get the gear to operate either up or down. I advised acy approach I was having a gear problem and asked for the latest WX in the area. Atlantic city vectored me to a surveillance approach and once below the overcast layer, flew by the tower for a visual check of the gear's position. The tower advised me the gear doors were partly open, but the gear was not down. After a few more attempts at getting the gear down I advised the tower that I would have to land with the gear in the current position. I then stowed all of the equipment in the cockpit and completed the emergency landing checklist. The crash fire rescue equipment equipment was standing by when I landed on runway 22 at XC00 local time, with the landing gear partially extended. The aircraft came to rest 200-300 ft beyond the touchdown point. I completed the aircraft shutdown via the emergency checklist and exited the plane.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A MOONEY 20C ACCOMPLISHED AN EMER LNDG DUE TO FAILURE OF THE NOSE LNDG GEAR TO EXTEND.

Narrative: ON FEB/THU/97, I FILED AND FLEW AN IFR FLT PLAN FROM DCA TO MIV. DURING THE FINAL APCH PHASE I LOWERED THE LNDG GEAR AS PART OF THE LNDG CHKLIST. THE LNDG GEAR SWITCH WAS IN THE DOWN POS, HOWEVER, THE GEAR DID NOT GIVE THE USUAL RESPONSE OF A THUD AND CLICK WHEN DOWN. THE 'AMBER UP' LIGHT WAS OUT BUT THE 'GREEN DOWN' LIGHT WAS OUT ALSO. CHKING THE VISUAL GEAR POS INDICTOR ON THE FLOOR SHOWED THE GEAR WAS PARTIALLY DOWN. THE APCH WAS ABANDONED AND A MISSED APCH WAS EXECUTED. I CONTACTED ATLANTIC CITY APCH AND TOLD THEM I WAS HAVING A GEAR PROB AND NEEDED SOME PLACE TO GO INTO AN IFR HOLD. I MADE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO RESET AND RECYCLE THE GEAR USING THE PLTS OPERATING HANDBOOK AND EMER EXTENSION SECTION. THEN I TRIED THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION PROC CHKLIST IN THE PLTS OPERATING HANDBOOK EMER SECTION. TRYING BOTH PROCESSES NUMEROUS TIMES, I WAS UNABLE TO GET THE GEAR TO OPERATE EITHER UP OR DOWN. I ADVISED ACY APCH I WAS HAVING A GEAR PROB AND ASKED FOR THE LATEST WX IN THE AREA. ATLANTIC CITY VECTORED ME TO A SURVEILLANCE APCH AND ONCE BELOW THE OVCST LAYER, FLEW BY THE TWR FOR A VISUAL CHK OF THE GEAR'S POS. THE TWR ADVISED ME THE GEAR DOORS WERE PARTLY OPEN, BUT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. AFTER A FEW MORE ATTEMPTS AT GETTING THE GEAR DOWN I ADVISED THE TWR THAT I WOULD HAVE TO LAND WITH THE GEAR IN THE CURRENT POS. I THEN STOWED ALL OF THE EQUIP IN THE COCKPIT AND COMPLETED THE EMER LNDG CHKLIST. THE CFR EQUIP WAS STANDING BY WHEN I LANDED ON RWY 22 AT XC00 LCL TIME, WITH THE LNDG GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THE ACFT CAME TO REST 200-300 FT BEYOND THE TOUCHDOWN POINT. I COMPLETED THE ACFT SHUTDOWN VIA THE EMER CHKLIST AND EXITED THE PLANE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.