A C210 PLT DISCOVERS THAT THE LNDG GEAR DOORS WILL NOT CLOSE WHEN THE GEAR IS BROUGHT UP.

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ON TKOF FROM 2V2 IN IMC CONDITIONS I NOTICED THAT THE LNDG GEAR DOORS DID NOT CLOSE. I LOWERED THE GEAR AND WAITED UNTIL I WAS OUT OF IMC. I THEN CYCLED THE GEAR AGAIN AND THE DOORS STILL DID NOT CLOSE. I THEN INFORMED ATC THAT I COULD NOT MAKE 150 KTS SINCE I HAD TO LEAVE THE GEAR DOWN. UPON LNDG AT AMA I WAS NOTIFIED BY APCH THAT ATC HAD NOTIFIED THEM THAT I HAD GEAR PROBS. I SAID THAT I JUST HAD THEM DOWN AND THAT THEY WERE DOWN AND LOCKED. UPON LNDG; I WAS MET BY EMER EQUIP. THE FIRE CHIEF SAID IT WAS JUST A PRECAUTION. I CHKED AND ALL OF THE MECHS WERE GONE. I CALLED CESSNA PLTS ASSOCIATION AND GOT THE NAME OF AN A&P AT ADDISON ARPT. I THEN FLEW TO ADDISON WITH THE GEAR DOWN. SEVERAL DAYS LATER I GOT A CALL FROM A FLT SAFETY OFFICIAL FROM THE LUBBOCK FSDO. HE WANTED TO KNOW WHY I FLEW AN AIRPLANE WITH A PROB. I EXPLAINED THE SIT AND HE SAID THAT IT WAS OK AND THAT IT WAS A GREY AREA AS TO WHETHER OR NOT I NEEDED A FERRY PERMIT. HE SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO CLOSE THE CASE. I TALKED TO AN AVIATION LEGAL ADVISOR WHO SAID THAT HE MAY STILL ISSUE A VIOLATION. I THEN GOT A FERRY PERMIT FROM THE MECH AT ADS SINCE HE COULD NOT FIX IT AND RETURNED TO ZVZ. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE FLT SAFETY WAS EVEN IN DOUBT SINCE A C210 WITH ITS GEAR DOWN IS THE SAME AS A C206. IT DOES FLY WELL WITH THE GEAR DOWN.