PA34 ACFT WAS OPERATED IN PART 135 FLT WITH LNDG GEAR EXTEND RETRACT SYS INOP IN NORMAL MODE. OPERATED GEAR DOWN.

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WHILE LNDG AT PIR; SD; I NOTICED THAT THE LNDG GEAR DID NOT EXTEND ON THE PA34 I WAS FLYING; SO I USED THE MANUAL EXTENSION PROC. THE PA34 MANUAL REQUIRES THAT IF A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION IS DONE; A MECH MUST INSPECT THE SYS PRIOR TO ANY ELECTRIC RETRACTION; SO I WAS UNABLE TO TROUBLESHOOT IT; OR MORE SPECIFICALLY; I HAD HEARD THAT THIS SAME PLANE HAD DONE THIS BEFORE AND NO PROB WAS FOUND BY MECHS. NO MECH WAS AVAILABLE SO I CALLED MY DIRECTOR OF OPS AT BASE IN BISMARCK AND HE TOLD ME TO FLY HOME WITH THE GEAR DOWN. WITH ONE PAX AND LIGHT ON FUEL; I SAW NO SAFETY CONCERN; SO I DID. I SUSPECTED THAT THE GHOST HAD RETURNED AND THE GEAR WOULD WORK FINE; BUT THE MANUAL DOES NOT ALLOW ANY ATTEMPT. MY SUSPICION WAS CONFIRMED BY A MECH BACK AT BISMARK; WHO INSPECTED IT AND FOUND NO PROB. 2 DAYS LATER THE PROB RETURNED WITH ANOTHER PLT. I HAVE RECENTLY STARTED FLYING AGAIN UNDER PART 91 FARS AND ACTED AS SUCH IN THIS INSTANCE WHILE OPERATING UNDER 135 FARS. HAVING SPOKEN WITH THE MECH PERSONALLY; I FORGOT TO WRITE THE PROB UP. HOWEVER; IT WAS INVESTIGATED TIMELY. (EVENTUALLY A LOOSE GND WIRE WAS FOUND.) ALSO; UPON REFLECTION; UNDER 135 RULES; AN OVERNIGHT STAY IN PIR WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED UNTIL A MECH COULD HAVE LOOKED AT THE PROB. MY RECENT RETURN TO PART 91 FLYING INFLUENCED OR DICTATED MY ACTIONS. ALSO; MY DIRECTOR OF OPS INFLUENCED MY DECISION.