Small transport pilot retracts gear instead of flaps on landing rollout.

Attributes
ACN	243044
Time
Date	199304
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fsd
State Reference	SD
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 16 flight time total : 2242 flight time type : 16
ASRS Report	243044
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On the day in question, I was called to cover another pilot's route. My normal route was flown with an small aircraft. I had only 15.9 hours in the small transport at the time and my training only consisted of 2 flts. I took off out of sioux falls, sd, and started on my way to marshall, mn, mml. Tower radioed me, and informed me that company wanted me to come back and land to pick up a bag of freight that was missed. So I entered a left downwind for runway 15 fsd. Due to another aircraft approaching the runway from behind me and running late, I was in a big hurry to make it back to the ramp. On landing rollout, I need to make a taxiway turnoff, so to increase my brake effectiveness I went to pull up the flaps but inadvertently pulled the gear switch to the up position for a split second. Due to this, the left landing gear disengaged, and collapsed. The aircraft slid off the left side of the runway into the infield. There was damage to the left landing gear, left propeller and left wing. The reason I pulled the landing gear up was a combination of factors: 1) the flap switch on small aircraft is located in the same spot as the gear switch on the small transport. 2) stressful situation, because of the freight being left behind and being in a hurry. 3) insufficient training in aircraft. 4) low flight time in aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMT PLT RETRACTS GEAR INSTEAD OF FLAPS ON LNDG ROLLOUT.

Narrative: ON THE DAY IN QUESTION, I WAS CALLED TO COVER ANOTHER PLT'S RTE. MY NORMAL RTE WAS FLOWN WITH AN SMA. I HAD ONLY 15.9 HRS IN THE SMT AT THE TIME AND MY TRAINING ONLY CONSISTED OF 2 FLTS. I TOOK OFF OUT OF SIOUX FALLS, SD, AND STARTED ON MY WAY TO MARSHALL, MN, MML. TWR RADIOED ME, AND INFORMED ME THAT COMPANY WANTED ME TO COME BACK AND LAND TO PICK UP A BAG OF FREIGHT THAT WAS MISSED. SO I ENTERED A L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 15 FSD. DUE TO ANOTHER ACFT APCHING THE RWY FROM BEHIND ME AND RUNNING LATE, I WAS IN A BIG HURRY TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE RAMP. ON LNDG ROLLOUT, I NEED TO MAKE A TXWY TURNOFF, SO TO INCREASE MY BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS I WENT TO PULL UP THE FLAPS BUT INADVERTENTLY PULLED THE GEAR SWITCH TO THE UP POS FOR A SPLIT SECOND. DUE TO THIS, THE L LNDG GEAR DISENGAGED, AND COLLAPSED. THE ACFT SLID OFF THE L SIDE OF THE RWY INTO THE INFIELD. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE L LNDG GEAR, L PROP AND L WING. THE REASON I PULLED THE LNDG GEAR UP WAS A COMBINATION OF FACTORS: 1) THE FLAP SWITCH ON SMA IS LOCATED IN THE SAME SPOT AS THE GEAR SWITCH ON THE SMT. 2) STRESSFUL SIT, BECAUSE OF THE FREIGHT BEING LEFT BEHIND AND BEING IN A HURRY. 3) INSUFFICIENT TRAINING IN ACFT. 4) LOW FLT TIME IN ACFT.

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.