The Right Lever

[IcePack]

Just a question. (Airbus FBW)

Anybody know if and how often the Flap Lever gets moved instead of the Speed Brake lever.

I believe that it is not an un-common human error. (Interesting as they are completly different and their use is also completly SOPA different.)

[PA38-Pilot]

I don't know of a single incident like that... and I've never been even close to have that happen to me (or anyone else I've flown with)...

[DC-ATE]

Don't know about the Busses, but I had an Engineer dump the flaps on me on take-off instead of raising the gear on a DC-6. The handles were close and similar. Fortunately, I had my "usual" extra knots I always carry and we didn't settle too much.

[Pugilistic Animus]

DC-ATE good thing it was not a DC-ATE

BTW the DC-8 is a very advanced 'first solo' airplane

as we pilots tend to name ourselves on PPRuNE according to the aircraft we first soloed
PA---just a coincidence tho

[DC-ATE]

Kinda hard to get the two levers confused in the DC-8.

Well, the DC-8 wasn't exactly the first aircraft I soloed in! Actually, it was a Tri-Champ DX-R (or something like that?!).

[TyroPicard]

I think it's a very unlikely mistake..
PF operates the Speedbrake lever, whereas the Flap selection is called for, and then done by PNF. I have never seen it happen.

[dbee]

Flap retracted instead of gear UP on a military Argosy on the 1970s

Cat 5 at Benson (Wallingford international)

......never knew the cause; possibly a Direct entry Captain with zero transport experience

dbee