What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Aircraft took off from ID2 airport and the gear would not retract. Breaker for gear pump popped and the pilot reset it. Once reset, all avionics went out. Pilot was unable to manually pump gear up or down. Pilot declared emergency landing at kptk. Aircraft landed nose gear down and locked and main gear tucked into main gear bays but not up and locked. Post incident investigation revealed an inline fuse for alternator field wire was blown which caused the aircraft to run off battery power only. Uplimit switch in left gear was found to be out of rig and a loose wire/screw was found on the gear pump circuit breaker which caused arcing. Post incident, maintenance performed gear swings on the ground both manually and with power and gear operated properly.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM ID2 AIRPORT AND THE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. BREAKER FOR GEAR PUMP POPPED AND THE PILOT RESET IT. ONCE RESET, ALL AVIONICS WENT OUT. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MANUALLY PUMP GEAR UP OR DOWN. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY LANDING AT KPTK. AIRCRAFT LANDED NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED AND MAIN GEAR TUCKED INTO MAIN GEAR BAYS BUT NOT UP AND LOCKED. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED AN INLINE FUSE FOR ALTERNATOR FIELD WIRE WAS BLOWN WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO RUN OFF BATTERY POWER ONLY. UPLIMIT SWITCH IN LEFT GEAR WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF RIG AND A LOOSE WIRE/SCREW WAS FOUND ON THE GEAR PUMP CIRCUIT BREAKER WHICH CAUSED ARCING. POST INCIDENT, MAINTENANCE PERFORMED GEAR SWINGS ON THE GROUND BOTH MANUALLY AND WITH POWER AND GEAR OPERATED PROPERLY.
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