In all honesty, there is no argument to be had one way or another.
The fact of the matter is ; at the point of the propellers striking the runway, the gear clearly was not down. Whether the gear had been down previously and then retracted, we do not know. It's called 'accident' and 'being human'.
Age does not even come into it. I have seen a few 20 and 30 something s do exactly the same. He is still here to tell the tale, which is what counts.
