Yak-52 pilot inadvertently selected gear up instead of flaps during touch-and-go takeoff resulting in the landing gear retracting and the aircraft settling back on the runway.

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Attributes
ACN	540308
Time
Date	200203
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jrf.airport
State Reference	HI
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Experimental
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : roll landing : touch and go
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 22 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 20
ASRS Report	540308
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters : gear up landing other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

I touched down on runway 4R at kalaeloa airfield in hawaii, gear down, flaps extended. I proceeded down the runway, selected flaps up, full power. The left wing started to drop. I corrected and at that time the propeller struck the ground and the yak-52 settled in a gear up position. I think about what might have happened is that after I selected gear up I got behind the torque and the wing dropped coat the propeller, and the propeller damage loosing thrust just settled down with gear up.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: YAK-52 PLT INADVERTENTLY SELECTED GEAR UP INSTEAD OF FLAPS DURING TOUCH-AND-GO TKOF RESULTING IN THE LNDG GEAR RETRACTING AND THE ACFT SETTLING BACK ON THE RWY.

Narrative: I TOUCHED DOWN ON RWY 4R AT KALAELOA AIRFIELD IN HAWAII, GEAR DOWN, FLAPS EXTENDED. I PROCEEDED DOWN THE RWY, SELECTED FLAPS UP, FULL PWR. THE L WING STARTED TO DROP. I CORRECTED AND AT THAT TIME THE PROP STRUCK THE GND AND THE YAK-52 SETTLED IN A GEAR UP POS. I THINK ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IS THAT AFTER I SELECTED GEAR UP I GOT BEHIND THE TORQUE AND THE WING DROPPED COAT THE PROP, AND THE PROP DAMAGE LOOSING THRUST JUST SETTLED DOWN WITH GEAR UP.

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.