Narrative:

On short final the gear indication was double checked green down and locked. We were attempting a normal landing to a full stop. A crosswind from the left was present. My student was correcting for the crosswind and landed on the centerline without any side load. My student was concerned with how the plane felt after touchdown and wanted to bring the flaps up for better stability on the landing roll due to the crosswind. My student instinctively reached for the flaps and put his hand on the gear. In our model be-95; the flap and gear selectors are backwards from conventional. Once my student's hand reached for the gear I moved my hand to guard the gear selector and before I could react fast enough the nose dipped and the props struck the ground followed by the nose. The right main then collapsed as we came to a stop. The squat switch located on the left main gear did not seem to do its job. I am usually very vigilant when it comes to ground operations in complex aircraft. I had briefed my student many times on the importance of not touching anything during the landing roll until clear of the runway. The one instant that my attention was not focused directly on the gear selector was when I paid the price for it. In the future I will leave my hand on the gear selector at all times during ground operations and continue to brief students on the importance of not touching any systems until a complete stop has been performed. I believe that the simple act of guarding the gear with my hand continuously during ground operations will prevent a problem like this from happening again.

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Title: Instructor and student pilot aboard a BE95 suffered what may have been a pilot induced gear collapse following a crosswind landing.

Narrative: On short final the gear indication was double checked green down and locked. We were attempting a normal landing to a full stop. A crosswind from the left was present. My student was correcting for the crosswind and landed on the centerline without any side load. My student was concerned with how the plane felt after touchdown and wanted to bring the flaps up for better stability on the landing roll due to the crosswind. My student instinctively reached for the flaps and put his hand on the gear. In our model BE-95; the flap and gear selectors are backwards from conventional. Once my student's hand reached for the gear I moved my hand to guard the gear selector and before I could react fast enough the nose dipped and the props struck the ground followed by the nose. The right main then collapsed as we came to a stop. The squat switch located on the left main gear did not seem to do its job. I am usually very vigilant when it comes to ground operations in complex aircraft. I had briefed my student many times on the importance of not touching anything during the landing roll until clear of the runway. The one instant that my attention was not focused directly on the gear selector was when I paid the price for it. In the future I will leave my hand on the gear selector at all times during ground operations and continue to brief students on the importance of not touching any systems until a complete stop has been performed. I believe that the simple act of guarding the gear with my hand continuously during ground operations will prevent a problem like this from happening again.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.