Cessna 650 flight crew returned to their departure airport when the landing gear failed to extend at their destination. The crew lowered the gear manually for landing.

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Attributes
ACN	835034
Time
Date	200905
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	Citation III VI VII (C650)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	SID RIICE
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 65 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 1500
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

On final approach the landing gear failed to extend. Orbited airport left hand pattern at 2000 MSL. Unable to get gear down by normal means; decided to return to our departure airport for maintenance. Lowered gear manually 40 miles from airport and got three green lights. Did tower fly by for confirmation and landed without incident. Did not declare emergency.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Cessna 650 flight crew returned to their departure airport when the landing gear failed to extend at their destination. The crew lowered the gear manually for landing.

Narrative: On final approach the landing gear failed to extend. Orbited airport left hand pattern at 2000 MSL. Unable to get gear down by normal means; decided to return to our departure airport for maintenance. Lowered gear manually 40 miles from airport and got three green lights. Did tower fly by for confirmation and landed without incident. Did not declare emergency.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.