While conducting a touch-and-go landing, the flight instructor of the Diamond DA42, a multi-engine, retractable landing gear airplane, reported that the student pilot intended to raise the flaps, but instead raised the landing gear lever from the down to the up position.
The right main landing gear retracted, the right wing hit the runway surface, and the airplane veered right.
The flight instructor observed that the landing gear lever was in the “up” position and immediately put the lever to the “down” position. The left main landing gear partially retracted, and the airplane exited the right side of the runway.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the rudder.
Probable Cause: The student pilot’s unintentional selection of raising the landing gear instead of the flaps during a touch-and-go landing, and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in the landing gear retracting during the landing roll.
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This April 2021 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others.
