Baron 55/Cochise
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 2; Flight Crew Total 1700; Flight Crew Type 700
Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Landed As Precaution; Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem
Aircraft
While practicing landings; the circuit breaker for the gear motor popped. I reset it and continued the practice session after a successful landing. On the next circuit; I didn't get a gear down indication. I flew away from the airport and did a manual gear extension. After a low pass where the Controller checked and indicated that the gear appeared to be down; I circled the airport waiting for emergency crews to be in place. I didn't think about the possibility of the gear incident forcing the voltage regulator to drop off and therefore continued to fly probably wearing down the batteries. On final; I didn't get full flap extension. Furthermore I lost comms; transponder; and PFD (Primary Flight Display) for a brief time as I circled the airport waiting for fire crews.In retrospect I should have switched voltage regulators to see if that fixed the electrical power. In addition; the fact that I had the nav lights on caused dimming of the gear indicator lights; making it harder to tell when I did have a positive gear extension which probably would have made the flyby unnecessary. I did land the plane without further incident and taxied back to the hangar. I intend to request a ferry permit with gear down to have the gear motor checked for a possible short or being ceased. In addition I will make sure the electrical system is operating properly before the ferry flight.
BE55 pilot reported a mechanical/electrical issue while flying and landed without incident.