A PA28 pilot reported that a landing gear control circuit breaker popped inflight allowing an uncomm...

Narrative:

I was flying with my spouse at 5500 ft when I felt a vibration. As I scan the console I see the 'gear in transition' light is in. I slow the plane down and alert approach who is monitoring me for a flight following. Later they hand me off to tower. I am able to reset a 25 amp blown circuit breaker for the landing gear and move the gear to the up position. A minute later I feel the same vibration and the 'gear in transition' light is on again. I wait until I am a few minutes from the airport and ask my spouse to reset the blown circuit breaker again. I immediately bring the gear up and then down. I now show 3 green lights for the landing gear which is normal and indicates that it is down and locked. Tower suggests that I do a fly-over the runway at 300 ft to verify landing gear position and I comply. After tower verified all gear in the down and locked position they ask my intentions and I indicate that I will make a right turn and come around for the runway; the current wind favored runway. The landing is normal. Three vehicles (fire; etc) follow me to the ramp. They take my drivers license and pilots' license info. No emergency was ever declared. At the FBO I inquire about local airplane mechanics. There are none on the island. After speaking with two other pilots in the lounge and our mechanic from home base; they all suggest that I leave the gear down and fly the plane home. Later that day I comply and have a slower but uneventful flight home.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PA28 Pilot reported that a landing gear control circuit breaker popped inflight allowing an uncommmanded landing gear extension. The landing airport Controller verified the gear's extension.

Narrative: I was flying with my spouse at 5500 FT when I felt a vibration. As I scan the console I see the 'Gear in Transition' light is in. I slow the plane down and alert Approach who is monitoring me for a flight following. Later they hand me off to Tower. I am able to reset a 25 amp blown circuit breaker for the landing gear and move the gear to the up position. A minute later I feel the same vibration and the 'gear in transition' light is on again. I wait until I am a few minutes from the airport and ask my spouse to reset the blown circuit breaker again. I immediately bring the gear up and then down. I now show 3 green lights for the landing gear which is normal and indicates that it is down and locked. Tower suggests that I do a fly-over the runway at 300 FT to verify landing gear position and I comply. After Tower verified all gear in the down and locked position they ask my intentions and I indicate that I will make a right turn and come around for the runway; the current wind favored runway. The landing is normal. Three vehicles (fire; etc) follow me to the ramp. They take my drivers license and pilots' license info. No emergency was ever declared. At the FBO I inquire about local airplane mechanics. There are none on the island. After speaking with two other pilots in the lounge and our mechanic from home base; they all suggest that I leave the gear down and fly the plane home. Later that day I comply and have a slower but uneventful flight home.

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.

Attributes
ACN	892088
Time
Date	201005
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
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 5.9 Flight Crew Total 574.4 Flight Crew Type 141
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

A PA28 pilot reported that a landing gear control circuit breaker popped inflight allowing an uncommmanded landing gear extension. The landing airport controller verified the gear's extension.