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Think it can't happen? It does. I once had a student who owned a
C-206
for umpty years and was learning the Bonanza. Flap and gear levers in
opposite positions on the two models. Damn, am I glad the squat
switches
worked.

Interesting 206 that had a "gear lever". G

207? Whichever of that series had folding legs.

Retractable Cessna singles: 172RG, 177RG, 182RG, 210. Fixed
gear: 120, 140, 150, 152, 172, 177, 180, 182, 185, 190, 195, 205, 206,
207, 208.
The early 210 had struts, four seats, and 260 HP. The 205 was a
fixed-gear version of that airplane.

Dan

OK, so maybe it was a 210. Whatever. The point is that he was used to the
levers being in the opposite places and had the location of the flap lever
programmed deep in some sub-conscious neural pathway.

I watched him reach out his hand to operate the flap lever, stop, hesitate,
and then suddenly move his hand to the gear lever and operate that instead.
I couldn't react fast enough to keep it from happening. The gear alarm
went off, the wheels stayed down, and I had a cow. I believe it is the
only time I've ever totally lost my cool with a student.

Moral of the story -- in a retract, get off the runway, come to a full
stop, and then clean up the airplane when you can devote your full
attention to the task at hand.