Manufacturers procedurers for a manual extension & stuck u/c are my 1st actions.
I'd generally expect to do something like:
Manufacturer's drills including tryingyawing/pitching etc to shake the gear lose & recycling the gear.
Give a pan or mayday call. Brief & reassure my pax.
If forced to make 1 main + nosewheel landing I'd burn off as much fuel as possible (leaving sufficient reserves for a go-round under the prevailing conditions eg VFR or IFR etc).
If possible have the only rear pax (if there is only 1) sit on the side that the functioning main gear is on to offset any mass to the good side.
Choose long, firm grass or sealed, preferably with a good head wind. If a crosswind then the crosswind from the 'good' maingear side.
Land with max flap & at low a speed as possible. Hold the failed gear side off the runway for as long as possible until it sinks to the runway. Be prepared to go around until:
Once in the landing roll & committed to holding the failed wing off the rwy. cut fuel/mixture/ignition/master.
Only had a gear failure once but was able to reset the circuit breaker which the completed the retraction & then pump the gear down (it was in a Cessna). Bit disturbing that it was on my CPL flight test though
[This message has been edited by Tinstaafl (edited 14 December 2000).]