What happened
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Cessna 210 aircraft (6N 7412E ^) departed aiken, SC airport (kaik) enroute to Columbia, SC airport (kcae) as an instructional flight. The pilot attempted to cycle gear into retracted position after departing aik. The gear failed to retract. The pilot attempted to cycle gear a couple of times with no success. The pilot attempted to use emergency hand pump to extend gear with no success. The pilot declared an emergency and landed at cae on runway 29. Emergency equipment was standing by but was not needed. The pilot and student pilot egressed without injury. Aircraft operations utilized a crane to pick the aircraft up on the runway. Aircraft owner/mechanic was on scene and manually pulled gear into the down lock position. Airport operations set the aircraft back down and towed the aircraft to its facility. FAA airworthiness inspector subsequently traveled to the hangar to inspect aircraft logbooks and observe gear swing. The insepctor found no discrepancy in logbooks. No mechanical irregularities that led to the gear failing to extend were immediately known. FSDO airworthiness inspector issued a ferry permit to move the aircraft to a maintenance facility for a more thorough repair and inspection.
As the FAA filed it
CESSNA 210 AIRCRAFT (6N 7412E ^) DEPARTED AIKEN, SC AIRPORT (KAIK) ENROUTE TO COLUMBIA, SC AIRPORT (KCAE) AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CYCLE GEAR INTO RETRACTED POSITION AFTER DEPARTING AIK. THE GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CYCLE GEAR A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH NO SUCCESS. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO USE EMERGENCY HAND PUMP TO EXTEND GEAR WITH NO SUCCESS. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT CAE ON RUNWAY 29. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS STANDING BY BUT WAS NOT NEEDED. THE PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT EGRESSED WITHOUT INJURY. AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS UTILIZED A CRANE TO PICK THE AIRCRAFT UP ON THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT OWNER/MECHANIC WAS ON SCENE AND MANUALLY PULLED GEAR INTO THE DOWN LOCK POSITION. AIRPORT OPERATIONS SET THE AIRCRAFT BACK DOWN AND TOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO ITS FACILITY. FAA AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR SUBSEQUENTLY TRAVELED TO THE HANGAR TO INSPECT AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS AND OBSERVE GEAR SWING. THE INSEPCTOR FOUND NO DISCREPANCY IN LOGBOOKS. NO MECHANICAL IRREGULARITIES THAT LED TO THE GEAR FAILING TO EXTEND WERE IMMEDIATELY KNOWN. FSDO AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR ISSUED A FERRY PERMIT TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT TO A MAINTENANCE FACILITY FOR A MORE THOROUGH REPAIR AND INSPECTION.
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