NTSB Factual Report

On May 29, 2018 about 0900 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna P210, N7546K, experienced a gear-up landing at the Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport, Lewiston, Idaho. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot, under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The cross-country personal flight departed from Joseph State Airport, Joseph, Oregon about 0800 with a planned destination of Lewiston. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed.

The pilot reported that following departure, he climbed to his planned en route altitude of 7,500 feet mean sea level (msl). He observed that the airspeed was lower than expected and then noted that the landing gear indicator light showed that that gear were not retracted. The gear appeared to stay in a transition position and he was unsuccessful at attempting to bring it to the fully retracted or extended position. He then attempted to manually lower the landing gear with the hand pump and again, was unsuccessful. He declared an emergency and landed with the landing gear in the retracted position. The airplane sustained damage to the horizontal stabilizer spar as a result of the landing.

A Federal Aviation Administration inspector and a repair facility preformed a post accident examination. They reported that the hydraulic line (rigid) connecting the powerpack to the bulk head had failed at the ferrule.