Brooke Wolf Velocity pilot reported the landing gear horn and warning lights came on after takeoff. Pilot remained in traffic pattern and landed safely.
Synopsis
Brooke Wolf Velocity pilot reported the landing gear horn and warning lights came on after takeoff. Pilot remained in traffic pattern and landed safely.
Narrative
Just after takeoff; landing gear horn and warning lights came on. On climbout; I accepted a vector from ZZZ tower and was instructed to contact ZZZ departure. Because the horn was still blaring; I asked tower if I could stay with local control until I could work out the issue with the landing gear. I offered to fly east of the airport to avoid interference with traffic in the pattern. After turning east; I was asked by the tower controller if I wanted to cancel my IFR clearance. I canceled IFR with the controller. After cycling the landing gear a couple of times; I thought that it was working correctly; but the horn and warning lights were not showing a safe condition. I asked tower for a low approach so that they could look at the state of the landing gear. My request was approved; and I was told I could overfly taxiway 1 to be closer to the tower. The tower controller said the landing gear appeared down; so I requested a landing on runway XX. The tower approved and rolled emergency equipment. I went around the traffic pattern and landed uneventfully.I taxied to the ramp and thanked the emergency responders and the tower controllers.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.