What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The aircraft was on an instruction flight doing a practice ILS approach. Upon landing the crew elected to do a touch and go. The student pilot inadvertantly grabbed the gear handle and selected it to the up posistion thinking it was the flaps. The instructor noticed the student doing so but could not respond quick enough before the gear hanle was selected in the up position, resulting in the nose gear and the right main gear collapsing. The aircraft departed the right hand side of the runway. The weather was VFR and no injuries were reported. Corrective action: school is changing policy to prohibit touch and go takeoff and landings.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN INSTRUCTION FLIGHT DOING A PRACTICE ILS APPROACH. UPON LANDING THE CREW ELECTED TO DO A TOUCH AND GO. THE STUDENT PILOT INADVERTANTLY GRABBED THE GEAR HANDLE AND SELECTED IT TO THE UP POSISTION THINKING IT WAS THE FLAPS. THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED THE STUDENT DOING SO BUT COULD NOT RESPOND QUICK ENOUGH BEFORE THE GEAR HANLE WAS SELECTED IN THE UP POSITION, RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSING. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. CORRECTIVE ACTION: SCHOOL IS CHANGING POLICY TO PROHIBIT TOUCH AND GO TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.