A PA34-200 training flight ends up with twin propeller strikes when the student pilot retracts the gear while on a touch and go, collapsing the nose gear at tiw, wa.

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Attributes
ACN	534165
Time
Date	200201
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : tiw.airport
State Reference	WA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	PA-34-200 Seneca I
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : tiw.tower
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	PA-34-200 Seneca I
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : touch and go
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : student pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 280 flight time type : 3
ASRS Report	534165
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	instruction : instructor
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Performing touch and go's in a piper seneca. I accidentally lifted the gear handle instead of flaps upon landing. I immediately put the handle in the down position again, but it was too late, the nose gear retracted. The nose hit the ground and we slid to a stop. Consequently the propellers hit the ground also. I feel that as a student, my instructor and I should probably have not been doing touch and go's in this particular aircraft with my experience in it. The majority of my flight time is in cessna's in which the flaps handle is on the dash not the floor. Maybe this is why I reached for the handle.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PA34-200 TRAINING FLT ENDS UP WITH TWIN PROP STRIKES WHEN THE STUDENT PLT RETRACTS THE GEAR WHILE ON A TOUCH AND GO, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR AT TIW, WA.

Narrative: PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO'S IN A PIPER SENECA. I ACCIDENTALLY LIFTED THE GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF FLAPS UPON LNDG. I IMMEDIATELY PUT THE HANDLE IN THE DOWN POS AGAIN, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE, THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. THE NOSE HIT THE GND AND WE SLID TO A STOP. CONSEQUENTLY THE PROPS HIT THE GND ALSO. I FEEL THAT AS A STUDENT, MY INSTRUCTOR AND I SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE NOT BEEN DOING TOUCH AND GO'S IN THIS PARTICULAR ACFT WITH MY EXPERIENCE IN IT. THE MAJORITY OF MY FLT TIME IS IN CESSNA'S IN WHICH THE FLAPS HANDLE IS ON THE DASH NOT THE FLOOR. MAYBE THIS IS WHY I REACHED FOR THE HANDLE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.