What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
After a stabilized approach and successful landing at Corona airport (kajo), in the process of slowing the aircraft down and increasing effective braking while on rollout, the pilot went to retract the flaps and inadvertently retracted the landing gear. The flap and gear switches, while on different sides of the yoke, use the same ?spring pin? Mechanism to lock them in position. With the pilot?s primary focus on looking ahead at the remaining runway, he reached for the gear lever, felt the pin mechanism and proceeded to activate the switch, resulting in a gear retraction on roll out.
As the FAA filed it
AFTER A STABILIZED APPROACH AND SUCCESSFUL LANDING AT CORONA AIRPORT (KAJO), IN THE PROCESS OF SLOWING THE AIRCRAFT DOWN AND INCREASING EFFECTIVE BRAKING WHILE ON ROLLOUT, THE PILOT WENT TO RETRACT THE FLAPS AND INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. THE FLAP AND GEAR SWITCHES, WHILE ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE YOKE, USE THE SAME ?SPRING PIN? MECHANISM TO LOCK THEM IN POSITION. WITH THE PILOT?S PRIMARY FOCUS ON LOOKING AHEAD AT THE REMAINING RUNWAY, HE REACHED FOR THE GEAR LEVER, FELT THE PIN MECHANISM AND PROCEEDED TO ACTIVATE THE SWITCH, RESULTING IN A GEAR RETRACTION ON ROLL OUT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.