Narrative:

I was practicing takeoffs and landings. I was using runway 11L. I had made approximately 4 to 5 takeoffs and landings and was going to make one more before calling it a day. Before my next takeoff attempt a cessna 172 took off. I waited and gave the cessna 172 some time before I began my takeoff roll. As I lifted off; I noticed that the cessna 172 was already downwind and I kept him in sight during crosswind. I turned downwind and at that point I lost him for a second or two; but then spotted him again. By then he was turning base and then a short final; but he was going very slow. The tower asked if I would take runway 11R instead of runway 11L at the same time as I was lowering the landing gear; I then added 20 degrees of flaps. I started to turn base and added another 20 degrees of flaps. I then turned final and lined up with runway 11R; slowed the plane down to approach speed. On the final I started to flare once I was over runway 11R. As I began to flare I realized I was not feeling the gear making contact with the runway and then I realized that the gear was not down and it was too late to add power to gain altitude to lower the gear as I made contact with the runway. When the plane was later lifted to lower the gear I then noticed that the gear handle was down and the circuit breaker had popped out and that probably was the reason it had not deployed. I think that the gear being retracted and lowered may have heated up and caused the circuit to pop.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Glasair pilot landed gear up after the landing gear circuit breaker popped following multiple touch and go's. A communication distraction on downwind interfered with detection of the landing gear extending.

Narrative: I was practicing takeoffs and landings. I was using Runway 11L. I had made approximately 4 to 5 takeoffs and landings and was going to make one more before calling it a day. Before my next takeoff attempt a Cessna 172 took off. I waited and gave the Cessna 172 some time before I began my takeoff roll. As I lifted off; I noticed that the Cessna 172 was already downwind and I kept him in sight during crosswind. I turned downwind and at that point I lost him for a second or two; but then spotted him again. By then he was turning base and then a short final; but he was going very slow. The Tower asked if I would take Runway 11R instead of Runway 11L at the same time as I was lowering the landing gear; I then added 20 degrees of flaps. I started to turn base and added another 20 degrees of flaps. I then turned final and lined up with Runway 11R; slowed the plane down to approach speed. On the final I started to flare once I was over Runway 11R. As I began to flare I realized I was not feeling the gear making contact with the runway and then I realized that the gear was not down and it was too late to add power to gain altitude to lower the gear as I made contact with the runway. When the plane was later lifted to lower the gear I then noticed that the gear handle was down and the circuit breaker had popped out and that probably was the reason it had not deployed. I think that the gear being retracted and lowered may have heated up and caused the circuit to pop.

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.