PA-34 instructor pilot reported his student retracted the landing gear before takeoff on a touch and...

Attributes
ACN	1742608
Time
Date	202005
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-34-220T Turbo Seneca III
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Landing Gear
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 139 Flight Crew Total 1618 Flight Crew Type 77
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Gear Up Landing

Narrative:

I was giving instruction to student for commercial multi add on. After 1 hour of flight; we returned to practice touch and goes and short field landings and takeoffs.student landed airplane; then retracted the flaps and accelerated for take off and student suddenly retracted the landing gear. I took the controls to save the airplane but nose went down; I put the landing gear down but it was too late and propellers hit the ground. I aborted the take off; retarded throttles and secured the engines and fuel system was shut off. After notifying tower electrical system was shut down as well.to avoid this as a flight instructor [I will] put my hand on the landing gear lever to avoid student handling it.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA-34 Instructor Pilot reported his student retracted the landing gear before takeoff on a touch and go; resulting in a prop strike and gear up landing.

Narrative: I was giving instruction to student for Commercial Multi add on. After 1 hour of flight; we returned to practice touch and goes and short field landings and takeoffs.Student landed airplane; then retracted the flaps and accelerated for take off and student suddenly retracted the landing gear. I took the controls to save the airplane but nose went down; I put the landing gear down but it was too late and propellers hit the ground. I aborted the take off; retarded throttles and secured the engines and fuel system was shut off. After notifying Tower electrical system was shut down as well.To avoid this as a Flight Instructor [I will] put my hand on the landing gear lever to avoid student handling it.

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PA-34 instructor pilot reported his student retracted the landing gear before takeoff on a touch and go; resulting in a prop strike and gear up landing.