A MOONEY ON TKOF ROLL HAD THE LNDG GEAR HANDLE RAISED INSTEAD OF THE FLAP HANDLE ALLOWING THE ACFT TO SETTLE ON THE RWY INCURRING DAMAGE TO THE ACFT.

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ON JUL/XX/97; I WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHERE THE LNDG GEAR OF A MOONEY WAS PREMATURELY RETRACTED WHICH CAUSED THE ACFT TO SETTLE ON THE RWY. THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THIS ACFT ASKED ME TO FLY WITH HIM AS A SAFETY PLT SO HE COULD GET COMFORTABLE FLYING FROM THE R SEAT. THIS ACFT DID NOT HAVE BRAKES IN THE R SEAT. I HAD NO TIME IN THIS TYPE OF ACFT BUT HAD ABOUT 90 HRS OF COMPLEX ACFT TIME IN DIFFERENT MAKES AND MODELS. THE VISIBILITY ON THE DAY WE FLEW WAS ABOUT 5 MI. AFTER TKOF HE DID SOME AIRWORK; AND WITH HIS PERMISSION I ALSO DID SOME MANEUVERS. THEN WE DECIDED TO GO TO AN UNCTLED ARPT AND DO SOME LNDGS. THE FIRST LNDG WAS PERFORMED BY ME WHICH WAS A TOUCH-AND-GO. THE OWNER OF THE ACFT LANDED THE AIRPLANE. AS HE LANDED THE AIRPLANE; I NOTICED THERE WAS A MOVING VEHICLE ON THE TXWY PARALLEL TO THE RWY WE LANDED ON GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND FOR A SECOND I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO CROSS THE RWY. THE PLT ASKED ME IF WE SHOULD STOP OR CLB UP. SINCE I HAD THE CTL OF THE BRAKES I MADE THE DECISION OF CLBING BACK UP. SO I REACHED TO RETRACT THE FLAP HANDLE BUT ACCIDENTALLY RETRACTED THE GEAR BEFORE THE ACFT HAD GAINED POSITIVE RATE OF CLB. AS A RESULT THE ACFT SETTLED BACK ON THE RWY AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GND; THE ENG STOPPED RUNNING AND THE ACFT SKIDDED ON THE RWY UNTIL IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS THE RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE ACFT NOR ANYONE ON THE GND. THERE WAS SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE ACFT. BECAUSE OF SUDDEN STOPPAGE; THE ENG HAS TO BE INSPECTED FOR INTERNAL DAMAGE.