<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1730759, February 2020

An instructor pilot reported the student lost control of the aircraft during landing resulting in a prop strike and the aircraft running off the runway.

Attributes
ACN	1730759
Time
Date	202002
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	PA-18/19 Super Cub
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 97 Flight Crew Total 326 Flight Crew Type 23
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway

Narrative:

Student was working on a tailwheel endorsement. The initial touchdown was smooth in the three point attitude. The student relaxed the elevator pressure; the instructor failed to catch it and the aircraft started side loading. The aircraft then went off the runway hit a berm and caused a prop strike.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An instructor pilot reported the student lost control of the aircraft during landing resulting in a prop strike and the aircraft running off the runway.

Narrative: Student was working on a tailwheel endorsement. The initial touchdown was smooth in the three point attitude. The student relaxed the elevator pressure; the instructor failed to catch it and the aircraft started side loading. The aircraft then went off the runway hit a berm and caused a prop strike.

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.