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[–] Stip [S] 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

The gear retracted due to a improper setting. The landing gear is checked in pre-flight, but somehow the front gear was not configured correctly for this test. So, it did what it was supposed to do...retract.

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[–] Sops 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It says right in the description what happened, this was not a normal pre-flight check this was a maintenance check done during/after replacing a faulty piece of hardware. The mechanics failed to ensure the landing gear pins were installed which physically lock the gear into place and prevent them from retracting.