Narrative:

On departure out of ZZZ as the gear was being retracted; a spark was observed coming from area of the gear handle. Simultaneously; the crew received a master caution advisory and idented it as the 'left pitot heat' annunciator. The left pitot heat switch; a circuit breaker switch; also failed in the 'off' position. The landing gear retracted normally. No smoke; abnormal heat indications; odor; fumes; or fire occurred. As it was briefed during the departure briefing; the crew climbed to 1000 ft on the SID procedure. At that time; the captain; who was acting as the PNF; gave the radios over to the first officer while the captain ran the appropriate checklists. ZZZ1 departure was contacted which cleared the crew to 7000 ft and a direct routing was given. After running the appropriate checklists as well as confirming that the circuit breaker switch failed; the system was secured safely and it was determined that the flight can be continued safely. The captain advised dispatch and maintenance control about the abnormality. Maintenance control asked the captain if there was any heat or abnormal gear indications. There were not and confirmed the decision to continue to ZZZ2. On gear extension in ZZZ2 no gear abnormalities were noticed. The aircraft landed without incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BE19 FLT CREW NOTED SPARKS NEAR GEAR HANDLE AS GEAR WAS BEING RETRACTED AFTER TKOF; CONTINUED TO DESTINATION AFTER CONSULTING MAINT.

Narrative: ON DEP OUT OF ZZZ AS THE GEAR WAS BEING RETRACTED; A SPARK WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM AREA OF THE GEAR HANDLE. SIMULTANEOUSLY; THE CREW RECEIVED A MASTER CAUTION ADVISORY AND IDENTED IT AS THE 'L PITOT HEAT' ANNUNCIATOR. THE L PITOT HEAT SWITCH; A CIRCUIT BREAKER SWITCH; ALSO FAILED IN THE 'OFF' POS. THE LNDG GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY. NO SMOKE; ABNORMAL HEAT INDICATIONS; ODOR; FUMES; OR FIRE OCCURRED. AS IT WAS BRIEFED DURING THE DEP BRIEFING; THE CREW CLBED TO 1000 FT ON THE SID PROC. AT THAT TIME; THE CAPT; WHO WAS ACTING AS THE PNF; GAVE THE RADIOS OVER TO THE FO WHILE THE CAPT RAN THE APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS. ZZZ1 DEP WAS CONTACTED WHICH CLRED THE CREW TO 7000 FT AND A DIRECT ROUTING WAS GIVEN. AFTER RUNNING THE APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS AS WELL AS CONFIRMING THAT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER SWITCH FAILED; THE SYS WAS SECURED SAFELY AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FLT CAN BE CONTINUED SAFELY. THE CAPT ADVISED DISPATCH AND MAINT CTL ABOUT THE ABNORMALITY. MAINT CTL ASKED THE CAPT IF THERE WAS ANY HEAT OR ABNORMAL GEAR INDICATIONS. THERE WERE NOT AND CONFIRMED THE DECISION TO CONTINUE TO ZZZ2. ON GEAR EXTENSION IN ZZZ2 NO GEAR ABNORMALITIES WERE NOTICED. THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.