Gear up takeoff

John, my husband used to fly a Mooney Ranger with the manually
retracted gear, and he always added a little forward pressure on the
yoke when pulling them up to reduce the force on the Joe bar. The
'dip' was on purpose. He had enough air under him when he did it,
though. What he says is, the gear stays down until you're sure you're
not going to need it, and that means being pretty high when operating
off a 5000 foot runway.

Does anyone know if the wheels on those Mooneys were interlocked to
prevent someone from pulling on the Jor bar while the wheels still
carried weight?

Have not read the details, but I offer one vote for the cause being an
attempt to retract FLAPS and laying a hand on the wrong switch
"john smith" wrote in message
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DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF, SANK DOWN ONTO RUNWAY WITH GEAR RETRACTED, FORT
LAUDERDALE, FL

Is this an example of putting the gear lever up before advancing the
throttle for takeoff?

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:43:18 -0400, pgbnh wrote:

the cause being an
attempt to retract FLAPS

Why do so on t/o that close to the runway?

- Andrew

On Jul 17, 1:04 pm, john smith wrote:
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF, SANK DOWN ONTO RUNWAY WITH GEAR RETRACTED, FORT
LAUDERDALE, FL

Is this an example of putting the gear lever up before advancing the
throttle for takeoff?

Not sure, I wasn't onboard at the time.
-Robert, CFII