Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100; Flight Crew Total 1470; Flight Crew Type 150
Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; General Maintenance Action
Human Factors
Upon completing landing for a touch and go; I (the instructor); called out to the student that I was bringing the flaps up and was about to tell him to go full power. The student reached over and put the gear handle into the 'up' position. This caused the nose gear to collapse and the airplane to skid on its nose. The props also struck the ground; due to not having enough clearance now that the nose gear was up.
After landing for a touch and go; I tried to pull the flaps up but instead grabbed the gear handle and put it in the up position. This caused the nose gear to collapse and the nose of the airplane to drop. The props struck the ground because of no clearance and the nose skin was damaged.
The pilot and instructor of a BE-76 reported a landing gear collapse during a touch-and-go when the pilot in training manipulated the landing gear control rather than the flap control.