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SR20 flight instructor reported the flight school chief instructor demonstrated excessive aircraft flight control input and did not report unnecessary stress that was placed upon the airframe.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1487957 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201708 |
| 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 | SR20 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Other visual route |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Trainee |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 2 Flight Crew Total 277 Flight Crew Type 0 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
The issue occurred during my first training flight in the cirrus SR20 as a new hire instructor. During the portion of the flight leading up to the incipient spin event; I was demonstrating stalls to the chief pilot. However; I was making inadvertent control inputs on the sidestick and thus the stall demonstrations tended to have some wing drop.at this point; the chief pilot took over flight controls to demonstrate a falling leaf. During the incident; I was not on the controls and made no inputs to contribute to the event in question. Over the course of the falling leaf demonstration; the chief pilot made drastic control input and the aircraft entered an incipient spin.data recovered from the aircraft indicated a maximum roll of 164 degrees and 85 degrees nose pitch down were reached over the course of the event. The telemetry also revealed the aircraft hit a maximum vertical speed of -10;000 FPM.the chief pilot used spin recovery techniques and a developed spin was averted. Following the recovery the chief pilot said; 'I wanted to see how close I could get and recover'. The chief pilot also asked if he had scared me or shaken me in an aggressive and intimidating tone.following the flight; the chief pilot made no report of the event to dispatch or maintenance. The event was only recognized after I went to human resources and filed a complaint against the individual; which contained details of this incident as well as other harassment related issues.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SR20 flight instructor reported the flight school chief instructor demonstrated excessive aircraft flight control input and did not report unnecessary stress that was placed upon the airframe.
Narrative: The issue occurred during my first training flight in the Cirrus SR20 as a new hire instructor. During the portion of the flight leading up to the incipient spin event; I was demonstrating stalls to the chief pilot. However; I was making inadvertent control inputs on the sidestick and thus the stall demonstrations tended to have some wing drop.At this point; the chief pilot took over flight controls to demonstrate a falling leaf. During the incident; I was not on the controls and made no inputs to contribute to the event in question. Over the course of the falling leaf demonstration; the chief pilot made drastic control input and the aircraft entered an incipient spin.Data recovered from the aircraft indicated a maximum roll of 164 degrees and 85 degrees nose pitch down were reached over the course of the event. The telemetry also revealed the aircraft hit a maximum vertical speed of -10;000 FPM.The chief pilot used spin recovery techniques and a developed spin was averted. Following the recovery the chief pilot said; 'I wanted to see how close I could get and recover'. The chief pilot also asked if he had scared me or shaken me in an aggressive and intimidating tone.Following the flight; the chief pilot made no report of the event to dispatch or maintenance. The event was only recognized after I went to Human Resources and filed a complaint against the individual; which contained details of this incident as well as other harassment related issues.
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.