Back to T-28s and gear levers.
Very embarrassing, and potentially very expensive, the degree of damage will depend on how hard the ground was!!.
Ain't the first time its happened to the Australian T-28 fleet, it happened at least once before, to a -B at Tyabb.
Doesn't matter what the aircraft is, stick to standard operating procedures and use the bleeding checklist as it was intended, it's a lot cheaper than a cashectomy.
Tootle pip!!
PS: Flying a B, C or D is a bit like flying a 1425HP Chipmunk, flying the A --- and find out the difference. The original T-28A was a USAF basic trainer in Sabre days, and the USAF wanted at trainer that "simulated" the early jets --- including long takeoff runs and shallow climb angles ---- with only 800HP the specification was entirely successful in this regard.
The best version of the T-28 was the Fennec, the French airforce version, the structural changes showed more finesse, compared to a -B, C or D. The Fennec was identical to the NA-260 Nomad, the factory civil version of the T-28. The late Don Kendall's AT-28D-5 actually started life as an NA-260, was repurchased by the DoD and converted to a -D. All Fennec's and quite a few D/D5 theoretically qualify for a standard cat. certificate of airworthiness as an NA-260.