What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The flight instructor/pilot-in-command was conducting a complex airplane checkout for the private pilot, who was sitting in the left front seat of the airplane. The flight instructor asked the private pilot (who was manipulating the airplane's controls) to perform a short field landing. After touching down on the main landing gear and then lowering the nose gear to the runway, the private pilot placed the landing gear lever in the up position instead of placing the flap lever in the up position. Although the flight instructor caught this error and expeditiously slapped the landing gear lever back to the down position, he was not quick enough to reverse the outcome. The nose landing gear unlocked and began a slow retraction. The result was minor damage to gear doors and rearward bending of the propeller blades. Main gear did not unlock.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR/PILOT-IN-COMMAND WAS CONDUCTING A COMPLEX AIRPLANE CHECKOUT FOR THE PRIVATE PILOT, WHO WAS SITTING IN THE LEFT FRONT SEAT OF THE AIRPLANE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ASKED THE PRIVATE PILOT (WHO WAS MANIPULATING THE AIRPLANE'S CONTROLS) TO PERFORM A SHORT FIELD LANDING. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THEN LOWERING THE NOSE GEAR TO THE RUNWAY, THE PRIVATE PILOT PLACED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER IN THE UP POSITION INSTEAD OF PLACING THE FLAP LEVER IN THE UP POSITION. ALTHOUGH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CAUGHT THIS ERROR AND EXPEDITIOUSLY SLAPPED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER BACK TO THE DOWN POSITION, HE WAS NOT QUICK ENOUGH TO REVERSE THE OUTCOME. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR UNLOCKED AND BEGAN A SLOW RETRACTION. THE RESULT WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO GEAR DOORS AND REARWARD BENDING OF THE PROPELLER BLADES. MAIN GEAR DID NOT UNLOCK.
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