What happened
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(-5)The pilot elected to fly a low, flat approach to runway 2 at Sheldon Point, Alaska, to assure a landing within the threshold due to reports of poor braking on the runway. On short final, the landing gear contacted a snow burm, followed by a normal landing. The pilot inspected the aircraft landing gear after shutdown and did not notice anything irregular. He continued on to bethel, and then on to alakanuk without further incident. After departed alakanuk, the pilot was unable to retract the landing gear after several attempts. The pilot proceeded to his home base of emmonak, Alaska, and reported the gear problem and the snow burm impact to maintenance. Grant aviation's director of maintenance reported this incident to their assigned principal maintenance inspector. Anc FSDO incident id no. IAL39010501.
As the FAA filed it
(-5)THE PILOT ELECTED TO FLY A LOW, FLAT APPROACH TO RUNWAY 2 AT SHELDON POINT, ALASKA, TO ASSURE A LANDING WITHIN THE THRESHOLD DUE TO REPORTS OF POOR BRAKING ON THE RUNWAY. ON SHORT FINAL, THE LANDING GEAR CONTACTED A SNOW BURM, FOLLOWED BY A NORMAL LANDING. THE PILOT INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR AFTER SHUTDOWN AND DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING IRREGULAR. HE CONTINUED ON TO BETHEL, AND THEN ON TO ALAKANUK WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AFTER DEPARTED ALAKANUK, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO HIS HOME BASE OF EMMONAK, ALASKA, AND REPORTED THE GEAR PROBLEM AND THE SNOW BURM IMPACT TO MAINTENANCE. GRANT AVIATION'S DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE REPORTED THIS INCIDENT TO THEIR ASSIGNED PRINCIPAL MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR. ANC FSDO INCIDENT ID NO. IAL39010501.
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