A mature GA pilot raises the gear on rollout after landing.

Attributes
ACN	171558
Time
Date	199102
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sut
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : atl
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 5 flight time total : 2000 flight time type : 7
ASRS Report	171558
Person 2
Affiliation	government other
Function	observation : passenger
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After switching to 122.35 unicom, I was advised that runway 23 was in use. After calling an extended base leg, I went through the gump check and called turning final. I went to full flaps. The landing was smooth. I started to clean up the cockpit bringing up flaps, pushing in carburetor heat and retrimming, when I inadvertently raised the gear handle! I do not remember making a conscious move to raise the gear. The nose settled to the runway and the right gear started to retract allowing the right wing tip to scrape. Mixture was pulled to cut off. Engine master and ignition were switched off. We stopped straight ahead. No injuries or fire. No have had 23 previous lndgs in this aircraft with no problems. I have tried to reconstruct the motion of my right hand in this incident and feel that when I finished retrimming the elevation my hand continued up to the carburetor heat and bumped the gear up. I believe that since this was to be a full stop landing, there should have been no hurry in cleaning up the cockpit. Having flown for 50 yrs west/O an incident and approximately 135 hours in 1990, I was quite disappointed in my performance. I had previously gone through the pilot proficiency program FAA promotes phase I. There is a possibility that the gear handle was not in the down indent position, even though a visibility with 3 green and pressure up was observed. A bump may have started the sequence.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A MATURE GA PLT RAISES THE GEAR ON ROLLOUT AFTER LNDG.

Narrative: AFTER SWITCHING TO 122.35 UNICOM, I WAS ADVISED THAT RWY 23 WAS IN USE. AFTER CALLING AN EXTENDED BASE LEG, I WENT THROUGH THE GUMP CHK AND CALLED TURNING FINAL. I WENT TO FULL FLAPS. THE LNDG WAS SMOOTH. I STARTED TO CLEAN UP THE COCKPIT BRINGING UP FLAPS, PUSHING IN CARB HEAT AND RETRIMMING, WHEN I INADVERTENTLY RAISED THE GEAR HANDLE! I DO NOT REMEMBER MAKING A CONSCIOUS MOVE TO RAISE THE GEAR. THE NOSE SETTLED TO THE RWY AND THE RIGHT GEAR STARTED TO RETRACT ALLOWING THE RIGHT WING TIP TO SCRAPE. MIXTURE WAS PULLED TO CUT OFF. ENG MASTER AND IGNITION WERE SWITCHED OFF. WE STOPPED STRAIGHT AHEAD. NO INJURIES OR FIRE. NO HAVE HAD 23 PREVIOUS LNDGS IN THIS ACFT WITH NO PROBS. I HAVE TRIED TO RECONSTRUCT THE MOTION OF MY RIGHT HAND IN THIS INCIDENT AND FEEL THAT WHEN I FINISHED RETRIMMING THE ELEVATION MY HAND CONTINUED UP TO THE CARB HEAT AND BUMPED THE GEAR UP. I BELIEVE THAT SINCE THIS WAS TO BE A FULL STOP LNDG, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NO HURRY IN CLEANING UP THE COCKPIT. HAVING FLOWN FOR 50 YRS W/O AN INCIDENT AND APPROX 135 HRS IN 1990, I WAS QUITE DISAPPOINTED IN MY PERFORMANCE. I HAD PREVIOUSLY GONE THROUGH THE PLT PROFICIENCY PROGRAM FAA PROMOTES PHASE I. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS NOT IN THE DOWN INDENT POS, EVEN THOUGH A VIS WITH 3 GREEN AND PRESSURE UP WAS OBSERVED. A BUMP MAY HAVE STARTED THE SEQUENCE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.