AN SMA PLT FLYING A HOMEBUILT ACFT DAMAGED HIS PROP WHEN HE NEARLY MADE A WHEELS UP LNDG.

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MY LNDG GEAR DID NOT GO DOWN AND LOCK INTO POS WHEN I WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN SCOTTSBLUFF; NE. ALTHOUGH; I DID PUT THE GEAR HANDLE INTO THE DOWN POS; I FAILED TO NOTICE THE GEAR LIGHTS WERE NOT LIT. I ALSO FAILED TO NOTICE THE CIRCUIT BREAKER THAT CTLS THE LNDG GEAR BLEW OUT. THIS CIRCUIT CAUSED THE GEAR TO STAY IN A PARTLY UP POS. AS MY ACFT BEGAN TO SETTLE; I HEARD A CLICKING NOISE AND I DECIDED TO GAR THE LNDG PATTERN. I RECHKED THE GEAR HANDLE TO INSURE IT WAS IN THE DOWN POS; IT WAS. AT THIS TIME I NOTICED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD FAILED. I RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND THE GEAR CAME DOWN AND LOCKED INTO POS FOR LNDG. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE ACFT; I NOTICED THE PROP HAD MADE CONTACT WITH THE GND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROP. I REMOVED THE PROP AND TOOK IT TO THE PROP SHOP FOR REPAIR. I REPLACED THE PROP AFTER CHKING THE CRANKSHAFT FOR RUN OUT AND DETERMINED IT WAS OK TO FLY. I RETURNED HOME TO SACRAMENTO. THE ONLY CORRECTIVE ACTION I COULD ADD TO MY GUMPS LIST WOULD BE TO CHK THE DOWN LIGHTS FOR THE GEAR AND TO CHK THE CIRCUIT BREAKER.