Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Flight Engineer
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 144; Flight Crew Total 26886; Flight Crew Type 134
Other / Unknown
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Ground Event / Encounter Gear Up Landing
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Diverted; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Declared Emergency
Procedure; Human Factors; Aircraft
FOLLOWING AN UNEVENTFUL CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT; PLACEMENT OF LANDING GEAR SWITCH TO DOWN FAILED TO DEPLOY GEAR. GEAR DOWN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE; GEAR HORN SOUNDED WHEN THROTTLES WERE RETARDED. GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS SEEN TO BE POPPED.  BREAKER WAS RESET AND THEN POPPED IMMEDIATELY.  ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND GEAR THROUGH EMERGENCY METHOD BUT WAS UNABLE TO CRANK GEAR DOWN.  THE GEAR EXTENSION CRANK WOULD NOT MOVE.  ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY; AND FLY TO WHERE THERE WAS MORE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE.  MADE APPROACH AND GEAR-UP LANDING.  PILOT AND PASSENGER EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASH CREW PUT FOAM OVER SMALL FUEL LEAK.
Reporter states that the aircraft is beyond repair and the fault with the landing gear will not be determined. The reporters research and discussion with mechanics indicates that if the up limit switches do not cut of the motor when retraction is complete; the gear can jam with the reported results.
BE55 pilot reports failure of the landing gear to extend to extend when selected down during approach. Gear motor circuit breaker was found to be tripped and was reset and immediately tripped again. Emergency gear extension is attempted unsuccessfully as the crank would not move. Reporter diverts to an airport with emergency services and lands gear up.