C210 PLT DISCOVERED UNQUALIFIED; UNCERTIFIED MECHS WORKED ON HIS ACFT. HE HAD SERIOUS PROBS WITH THE FIRST FLT AFTER MAINT.

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I PICKED UP MY ACFT AFTER BEING NOTIFIED IT WAS SIGNED OFF AND READY. I WAS GOING TO FLY THE PATTERN TO CHK EVERYTHING OUT. ACFT WAS WORKED ON BY NON-CERTIFIED AMATEUR PLTS -- NO A AND P LICENSE. MR X DID MOST OF THE WORK ON MY ACFT. HE TOLD ME PRIOR TO JAN/MON/03; THAT HE WAS AN A AND P; AND THAT HIS PARTNER WAS A CERTIFIED IA. 2 MONTHS INTO THE ANNUAL INSPECTION; I WAS INFORMED BY MR Y THAT THE MECH'S DOING MOST OF THE WORK; MR X AND MR Z WERE NOT A AND P MECH'S; BUT IN FACT; WERE PVT PLT AND COMMERCIAL PLTS RESPECTFULLY. MR Y WALKED OFF THE JOB AFTER MR X (PVT PLT) FIRED HIM FROM DOING THE ANNUAL IN EARLY MAR/2003. MR X THEN HIRED MR A; A LCL IA; TO SIGN OFF THE ANNUAL. HE SIGNED OFF THE ANNUAL INSPECTION AFTER 2 DAYS OF CHKING PAPERS. AS I TOOK OFF FROM ZZZ TO TEST THE PLANE IN THE LCL PATTERN; I FOUND THAT NO RADIOS WORKED; SOME GAUGES WERE INOP; AND I WAS UNABLE TO TRIM NOSE DOWN. I TRIED LNDG AT ZZZ AND FOUND THAT I COULD NOT SAFELY FLARE OUT. I CLBED OUT OF PATTERN AND CIRCLED THE FIELD TRYING TO COM; TRIM PLANE; CYCLE THE LNDG GEAR; WHICH WAS STUCK IN DOWN POS. AFTER 1/2 HR; I DEPARTED ZZZ AN UNCTLED ARPT (NO TWR) AND HEADED TO YYY TO TRY TO LAND. PMP HAS EMER FIRE PERSONNEL ON THEIR CTL TWR ARPT. I WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE PLANE AT ALT BY USING THE ENG PWR UP AND DOWN TO RAISE AND LOWER THE NOSE. I WAS TERRIFIED; AND DECLARED AN EMER TO ZZZ TWR. I DID A FLY-BY TO CHK MY LNDG GEAR AND CIRCLED AND LANDED. I AM OUTRAGED THAT MY ACFT WAS SIGNED OFF 2 DAYS EARLIER BY MR A; AN IA; WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT MOST ALL OF THE WORK WAS DONE BY NON-CERTIFIED MECHS. HE TOLD ME ON MAR/TUE/03; BY PHONE; THAT HE WAS HAPPY WITH THE CONDITION OF MY PLANE AFTER NON-CERTIFIED MECHS WORKED ON IT FOR ALMOST 2 MONTHS.