PA-46 Malibu/Malibu Mirage/Malibu Matrix
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 140; Flight Crew Total 8500; Flight Crew Type 3000
Training / Qualification; Human-Machine Interface
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control
Human Factors
On takeoff; my student rotated too soon and didn't maintain directional control of the airplane. As the airplane began to drift to the left side of the runway at a minimal height above the ground; I took control. The airplane veered back to the runway and contacted the runway with the gear in the up position. As the propeller repeatedly struck the ground and then suddenly stopped; the aircraft came to a complete stop on the left side of the runway. No injuries were sustained.
Plane rotated airborne slightly before my instructor set it down on the runway and the landing gear retracted or collapsed.
When the Private rated student rotated the PA-46 Malibu prematurely the instructor pilot took control but was unable to prevent the aircraft from settling back onto the runway where they touched down with either the gear up or having collapsed.