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C-172 flight instructor describes the circumstances leading up to a runway excursion during a student landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1223707 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201411 |
| 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 | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 1000 Flight Crew Type 500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
This was a training flight. I am a flight instructor and I was practicing full stop landings with a pre-solo flight student. While on short final; during the flare of the aircraft; a gust of wind slightly from the right caused a ballooning of the aircraft; pushing the aircraft slightly to the left. The aircraft touched down to the left of the runway center line; as well as heading slightly to the left. I attempted to use right rudder to guide the aircraft back onto the center line; however due to the wet runway conditions; the aircraft began to skid further to the left; ultimately going into the snow on the side of the runway. The aircraft came to a stop partially on the runway; and partially in the snow. The tower then closed the runway for approximately one hour; while the aircraft was inspected and removed from the runway. I believe this situation was caused by my desire to allow the student to learn and correct from unexpected gusts of wind; but delayed my reaction in taking over the controls of the aircraft before an irreversible situation developed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C-172 flight instructor describes the circumstances leading up to a runway excursion during a student landing.
Narrative: This was a training flight. I am a flight instructor and I was practicing full stop landings with a pre-solo flight student. While on short final; during the flare of the aircraft; a gust of wind slightly from the right caused a ballooning of the aircraft; pushing the aircraft slightly to the left. The aircraft touched down to the left of the runway center line; as well as heading slightly to the left. I attempted to use right rudder to guide the aircraft back onto the center line; however due to the wet runway conditions; the aircraft began to skid further to the left; ultimately going into the snow on the side of the runway. The aircraft came to a stop partially on the runway; and partially in the snow. The tower then closed the runway for approximately one hour; while the aircraft was inspected and removed from the runway. I believe this situation was caused by my desire to allow the student to learn and correct from unexpected gusts of wind; but delayed my reaction in taking over the controls of the aircraft before an irreversible situation developed.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.