Instructor and foreign student pilot lost control of aircraft on landing.

Attributes
ACN	138937
Time
Date	199003
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : vny
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 700 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	138937
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : student
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : regained aircraft control
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Instruction was being given by myself to a foreign national student. This phase of the training involved lndgs. The student had done several good lndgs in a row and was doing a proper approach to landing and had just entered into the landing flare when he did a violent cross control maneuver causing the airplane to skid over the runway lights along the right side of the runway. I (the instructor) immediately exercised full corrective control input but was resisted by the student who was very slow to respond to my repeated commands to release the controls. The airplane's right main landing gear wheel struck the runway lights while I was struggling to regain control. Although the student in question is well-intentioned and has a sincere desire to learn how to fly, this incident highlights a problem I have repeatedly had with foreign students with a limited command of the english language. Under situations of stress, they do not respond the way a native speaker of english would. This is often difficult to identify under non-stress conditions such as ground instruction or normal flying. It is difficult for an instructor to screen out these potential communication problems when assigned a foreign student by an FBO/flying school.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: INSTRUCTOR AND FOREIGN STUDENT PLT LOST CONTROL OF ACFT ON LNDG.

Narrative: INSTRUCTION WAS BEING GIVEN BY MYSELF TO A FOREIGN NATIONAL STUDENT. THIS PHASE OF THE TRAINING INVOLVED LNDGS. THE STUDENT HAD DONE SEVERAL GOOD LNDGS IN A ROW AND WAS DOING A PROPER APCH TO LNDG AND HAD JUST ENTERED INTO THE LNDG FLARE WHEN HE DID A VIOLENT CROSS CONTROL MANEUVER CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO SKID OVER THE RWY LIGHTS ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY. I (THE INSTRUCTOR) IMMEDIATELY EXERCISED FULL CORRECTIVE CONTROL INPUT BUT WAS RESISTED BY THE STUDENT WHO WAS VERY SLOW TO RESPOND TO MY REPEATED COMMANDS TO RELEASE THE CONTROLS. THE AIRPLANE'S RIGHT MAIN LNDG GEAR WHEEL STRUCK THE RWY LIGHTS WHILE I WAS STRUGGLING TO REGAIN CONTROL. ALTHOUGH THE STUDENT IN QUESTION IS WELL-INTENTIONED AND HAS A SINCERE DESIRE TO LEARN HOW TO FLY, THIS INCIDENT HIGHLIGHTS A PROBLEM I HAVE REPEATEDLY HAD WITH FOREIGN STUDENTS WITH A LIMITED COMMAND OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. UNDER SITUATIONS OF STRESS, THEY DO NOT RESPOND THE WAY A NATIVE SPEAKER OF ENGLISH WOULD. THIS IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY UNDER NON-STRESS CONDITIONS SUCH AS GND INSTRUCTION OR NORMAL FLYING. IT IS DIFFICULT FOR AN INSTRUCTOR TO SCREEN OUT THESE POTENTIAL COM PROBLEMS WHEN ASSIGNED A FOREIGN STUDENT BY AN FBO/FLYING SCHOOL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.