What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: immediately after takeoff the pilot smelled the odor of hydraulic fluid and observed the gear had not fully retracted. He notified the control tower and did two fly-by's. ground personnel confirmed the gear was in the intermediate position. He was unable to extend it with the emergency hand pump and elected to fly around for two hours to burn fuel. About 10 mi. From the airport he feathered the rear engine and positioned the prop in the horizontal position. The nose gear was down and locked and the aircraft settled on the rear of the fuselage and the left lower vertical stabilizer causing minor damage. Loss of hydraulic fluid/pressure caused by flexible hyd. Brake hose which chaffed hole in aluminum hyd. Line allowing fluid to escape.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT SMELLED THE ODOR OF HYDRAULIC FLUID AND OBSERVED THE GEAR HAD NOT FULLY RETRACTED. HE NOTIFIED THE CONTROL TOWER AND DID TWO FLY-BY'S. GROUND PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS IN THE INTERMEDIATE POSITION. HE WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND IT WITH THE EMERGENCY HAND PUMP AND ELECTED TO FLY AROUND FOR TWO HOURS TO BURN FUEL. ABOUT 10 MI. FROM THE AIRPORT HE FEATHERED THE REAR ENGINE AND POSITIONED THE PROP IN THE HORIZONTAL POSITION. THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE REAR OF THE FUSELAGE AND THE LEFT LOWER VERTICAL STABILIZER CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID/PRESSURE CAUSED BY FLEXIBLE HYD. BRAKE HOSE WHICH CHAFFED HOLE IN ALUMINUM HYD. LINE ALLOWING FLUID TO ESCAPE.