Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250; Flight Crew Total 1900; Flight Crew Type 25
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
Upon entering downwind; I moved the landing gear handle to the down position. After a short time I realized nothing was happening with the gear. At this time I told Tower that I had possible gear problems and wanted to circle for a minute (because I had already had clearance to land). After completing the checklist and not finding any obvious problems; I then left the gear handle in the down position and manually pumped the gear down until I had the green light and could see the right and left main landing gear. At this time Tower said that I could do a fly by and they would take a look. After the fly by Tower told me that it looked like I had all three wheels down and I again confirmed it with the green gear indicator light on the instrument panel. At this time Tower again cleared me to land and told me that the emergency equipment was going to come out to the runway. I then proceeded to land with no further incident. After shut down I called the Maintenance Department and they told me to pull the gear pump circuit breaker and to leave the gear selector down; and that it would be safe to fly it home. At this time I had the airplane topped off with fuel and proceeded to fly home with no further issues.
C182 pilot reports failure of the landing gear to extend when the gear lever is selected down. Troubleshooting does not reveal the cause and the gear is successfully extended using the hand pump.