M20F PLT HAS GEAR UP LNDG AT ELK.

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RECENT TROUBLE WITH THE GEAR NOT RETRACTING AND LOCKING WITH THE SWITCH; HAVE HAD TO CYCLE SWITCH SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE GEAR UP OR DOWN -- THIS HAS BEEN WITNESSED TWICE RECENTLY WITH A CFI ABOARD. ONCE WE HAD TO MANUALLY CRANK THE GEAR DOWN. I WAS ON MY COMMERCIAL CHK RIDE WITH AN FAA EXAMINER. CHK RIDE WAS GOING GREAT; AND I WAS ON MY LAST LNDG OF SEVERAL IN A ROW. IT WAS TO BE A SOFT FIELD LNDG. ON DOWNWIND; I DID MY BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST; WITNESSED BY THE EXAMINER. JUST AS I WAS COMPLETING THE CHKLIST; THE EXAMINER PULLED THE PWR AND SAID YOU JUST LOST YOUR ENG AND FLAPS -- LAND. I QUICKLY TURNED TOWARDS THE RWY AND SLIPPED THE PLANE TO THE GND ONCE HAVING MADE THE RWY; AND LANDED ABOUT 1/3 WAY DOWN THE RWY GEAR UP. NEITHER OF US HEARD THE GEAR HORN. I BELIEVE MY ATTN WAS DIVERTED FROM MONITORING THE GEAR WHEN THE EMER AROSE. I ASSUMED WHEN I PUT THE SWITCH DOWN; THE GEAR WENT DOWN. I CAN'T SAY IF THERE WAS A GREEN LIGHT. I CAN USUALLY FEEL AND HEAR THE GEAR RUNNING; BUT AGAIN; MY ATTN WAS DIVERTED TO THE EMER.