PLT OF M20J HAS TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE WHILE ENTERING A PRACTICE AREA. AFTER MUCH TROUBLESHOOTING AND WX DEV HE ENTERS TFC PATTERN AND LANDS GEAR UP.

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ON CLBOUT TO THE PRACTICE AREA SW OF THE ARPT (MLB) PASSING THROUGH APPROX 3000 FT; I WAS ABOUT TO CALL FLT OPS AT THE SCHOOL TO RPT ENTERING THE AREA. I THEN NOTICED THAT MY RADIOS WERE OUT. WHILE TRYING TO GET THEM TO WORK (AND REALIZING THAT I COULDN'T); I SAW THAT I HAD COMPLETELY LOST ELECTRICAL PWR. AFTER TRYING EVERY CHKLIST; AND EVERYTHING ELSE; I SQUAWKED 7600 AND HEADED OUT OVER THE OCEAN; WHERE THERE WAS A CLR SPOT TO DSND BTWN THE CLOUDS THAT HAD FORMED AT ABOUT 1500 FT. UPON REACHING 1000 FT; I REALIZED THAT WITHOUT ELECTRICAL PWR; I COULD NOT NORMALLY LOWER THE LNDG GEAR. I HEADED BACK OVER THE OCEAN TO TROUBLESHOOT. ONCE AGAIN; I TRIED EVERY PROC AVAILABLE. AND ONCE AGAIN; NOTHING WORKED. I ENTERED MLB CLASS D AIRSPACE AND BEGAN TO CIRCLE AT 1000 FT APPROX 1/2 - 1 MI N OF THE TWR (STANDARD PROC IS TO CLB AT 1500 FT; BUT THE CLOUD LAYER WAS AT ABOUT 1300 FT). AFTER SEVERAL MINS; UNSURE OF WHETHER THE CTLRS SAW ME; I DID WHAT I JUDGED BEST; I MADE A R BASE TO FINAL FOR RWY 22 (SEE BELOW). BEING TOO NERVOUS TO STABILIZE A DSCNT APCH; I WENT AROUND AND CONTINUED IN THE STANDARD L PATTERN FOR RWY 22. ON CLBOUT; I SAW WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FLASHING GREEN LIGHT FOR APPROX 1 SECOND. IN THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT SIGNALS; I AGAIN DID WHAT I JUDGED BEST. I CAME BACK AGAIN AND LANDED THE PLANE GEAR UP; TOUCHING DOWN ABOUT 1/3 OF THE WAY DOWN AND SLIDING THE REMAINDER OF THE 3000 FT STRIP. I WALKED OUT OF THE AIRPLANE WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE STAFF OF FBO FOR THEIR HELP; AND THE ADMINISTRATORS AND MY FLT INSTRUCTORS WHO TRAINED ME TO BE THE PLT I AM TODAY. WITHOUT THEM; I WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST ON THIS DAY IN MAY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH FLT SCHOOL REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: ANALYST CONTACTED A FLT SCHOOL WHICH HAS THE SAME MODEL ACFT TO ASCERTAIN THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION PROCS FOR THE MOONEY M20J. ONE DOES EXIST AND IT IS A CABLE EXTENSION IN WHICH ONE RELEASES BRACKET AND THEN USES A TWISTING MOTION TO EXTEND THE GEAR. APPARENTLY FOR ALL HIS THANKS TO THE FLT SCHOOL AND THE INSTRUCTORS; THE RPTR WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS SYS AND MADE NO USE OF IT; LNDG GEAR UP INSTEAD.