Small Aircraft
Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Commercial
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200; Flight Crew Total 3200; Flight Crew Type 20
Training / Qualification
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Gear Up Landing
Human Factors
After making a safe landing on runway; the student accidentally released the 'Johnson Bar' gear handle causing the gear to retract on the landing roll. I immediately tried to force the handle back into its gear down and locked position; while the belly of the aircraft impacted the surface of the runway and the aircraft began to depart the runway to the right. I immediately pulled the mixture into the idle cutoff; and steered the aircraft using the rudder controls to avoid runway lights. The aircraft came to a rest on the right side of the runway in the grass. I turned off the master; fuel valve; and took the key out of the ignition. We both left the aircraft immediately with no injuries to either of us at all.
Student pilot on training flight in a Mooney accidentally raised landing gear during landing rollout. No injuries reported.