MINOR SMA DAMAGE FROM GEAR COLLAPSE ON LNDG.

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IN APR/99; THE PIPER COMANCHE THAT I WAS PLTING HAD A COLLAPSED GEAR INCIDENT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND VERY LIMITED DAMAGE TO THE SKIN ON THE FRONT LOWER SIDE. ON THE DOWNWIND LEG FOR LNDG; I LOWERED THE ELECTRICALLY OPERATED LNDG GEAR. SINCE THE RWY WAS 9500 FT; THE DSCNT TO LAND WAS NOT HURRIED. AT ABOUT THE POINT WHERE THE MAIN LNDG WHEELS SHOULD HAVE TOUCHED DOWN; THERE WAS A HESITATION IN THE DSCNT; BUT THEN THE DSCNT CONTINUED UNTIL THE AIRFRAME TOUCHED GND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER MYSELF OR PAX. UPON LATER EXAMINATION INSIDE THE CABIN; IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE LNDG GEAR MOTOR HAD 'TRIPPED;' MOST LIKELY LEADING TO A SIT WHERE THE GEAR WERE MOSTLY DOWN; BUT NOT LOCKED. ON FINAL; I HAD NOTED THAT THE LNDG GEAR SWITCH WAS IN THE PROPER POS; AND HAD THOUGHT THAT THE SINGLE GREEN LENS (FOR GEAR DOWN) WAS LIT. HOWEVER; IT WAS BRIGHT OUTSIDE; WITH SOME GLARE IN THE CABIN; AND IT MAY HAVE BEEN THAT THE OUTSIDE LIGHT MADE THE INDICATOR APPEAR ON WHEN IT WASN'T.