General aviation flight instructor reported an airspace violation following an unexpected spin induc...

Attributes
ACN	1492295
Time
Date	201710
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

While conducting practice stalls with a student; the student applied incorrect inputs and froze on the controls. The aircraft began to enter a spin to the left and I immediately applied inputs to recover. The stall/spin was recovered by 800 ft AGL and after stabilizing the airplane in a climb; I gave the controls back to the student and instructed him to climb straight ahead to 2;000 ft. After the confusion; coupled with the low visibility and rain; I realized the heading and altitude we were at would take us into the class C airspace surrounding ZZZ. I instructed the student to immediately turn and exit the airspace. We continued the flight normally and landed without incident at the original airport of departure. The weather conditions coupled with the startle factor of the student putting the aircraft into a spin caused a momentary lapse of situational awareness of where the aircraft was in relation to the nearby airspace.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: General aviation flight instructor reported an airspace violation following an unexpected spin induced by the student pilot.

Narrative: While conducting practice stalls with a student; the student applied incorrect inputs and froze on the controls. The aircraft began to enter a spin to the left and I immediately applied inputs to recover. The stall/spin was recovered by 800 FT AGL and after stabilizing the airplane in a climb; I gave the controls back to the student and instructed him to climb straight ahead to 2;000 FT. After the confusion; coupled with the low visibility and rain; I realized the heading and altitude we were at would take us into the class C airspace surrounding ZZZ. I instructed the student to immediately turn and exit the airspace. We continued the flight normally and landed without incident at the original airport of departure. The weather conditions coupled with the startle factor of the student putting the aircraft into a spin caused a momentary lapse of situational awareness of where the aircraft was in relation to the nearby airspace.

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.