<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1522390, February 2018

C210 pilot reported a prop strike on takeoff after inadvertently putting the landing gear lever up during taxi.

Attributes
ACN	1522390
Time
Date	201802
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 210 Centurion / Turbo Centurion 210C 210D
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 16 Flight Crew Total 685 Flight Crew Type 480
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft

Narrative:

We had been checking the gear down indicator light and had the landing gear doors open for some inspection. Having completed the inspection; I started the airplane; performed my preflight checklist and taxied toward runway. The gear doors were open so in a bit of a rush; I pulled the gear lever up; instead of pushing it down. A pin in the lever positioning mechanism should have prevented me from pulling the gear lever into the gear-up position. But it did not. That will be fixed as well. The gear remained down until I started to take-off. A little bit of speed removed some down pressure from the nose and the nose gear retracted. The plane nosed forward striking the prop on the pavement.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C210 pilot reported a prop strike on takeoff after inadvertently putting the landing gear lever up during taxi.

Narrative: We had been checking the gear down indicator light and had the landing gear doors open for some inspection. Having completed the inspection; I started the airplane; performed my preflight checklist and taxied toward runway. The gear doors were open so in a bit of a rush; I pulled the gear lever up; instead of pushing it down. A pin in the lever positioning mechanism should have prevented me from pulling the gear lever into the gear-up position. But it did not. That will be fixed as well. The gear remained down until I started to take-off. A little bit of speed removed some down pressure from the nose and the nose gear retracted. The plane nosed forward striking the prop on the pavement.

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