A C177RG PILOT EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH HIS LANDING GEAR AND HE PULLED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER TO ISOLATE THE SYSTEM. HE THEN NEGLECTED TO RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR LANDING AND LANDED GEAR UP.

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I WAS FLYING A C177RG. I DEPARTED VFR DOWN THE COAST AT 3500 FT; AS I PULLED MY GEAR UP; IT RETRACTED AS NORMAL BUT WHEN IT LOCKED IN THE 'UP' POS; THE AMMETER STARTED POPPING SO I HAD TO PULL THE LNDG GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR IT TO STOP. I CONTACTED APCH TO GET FLT FOLLOWING. WHEN I WAS ABOUT 30 MI OUT; I CHKED THE AWOS AND THE WINDS WERE BLOWING 080 DEGS AT 6 KTS. WHEN I HAD THE ARPT IN SIGHT I CANCELED FLT FOLLOWING WITH APCH AND CHANGED OVER TO UNICOM TO ADVISE OF MY INTENTIONS. I WAS GOING TO OVERFLY THE FIELD AND SET UP FOR A L DOWNWIND FOR RWY X. WHEN I STARTED TO DO SO; I NOTICED RWY X WASN'T LIGHTED; SO I WAS ALREADY SET UP FOR A R DOWNWIND FOR RWY YY. AS I WAS TURNING BASE; I DID MY LNDG CHKLIST; I PUT THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE 'DOWN' POS; AND FINISHED MY CHKLIST -- FORGETTING TO PUT THE LNDG GEAR FUSE BACK IN; THE GEAR FAILED TO COME DOWN. SO BECAUSE OF MY CARELESSNESS; I CAUSED THE PLANE TO DO A GEAR-UP LNDG; AND AS SOON AS I EXITED THE PLANE; I CONTACTED THE FAA AND THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE FOR THE INCIDENT.