Narrative:

I am a cfii who was asked to fly with a private pilot who had just gone through the majority of 1 of those PIC 10-day IFR courses. He said he had 1 more day of flying with PIC to finish the course and get his rating, but as he could not finish the course until may, he asked if I would fly some approachs with him to keep him in practice. I filed IFR to do multiple approachs at morgantown. From the outset, the student appeared unsure and unprepared. We did the VOR-a approach first, and were given missed approach instructions to head 330 degrees, climb and maintain 3000 ft. After a thoroughly awful VOR approach, I had to talk to mgw tower to tell them we had missed while my student proceeded to give the mooney full throttle and clean it up. Before I realized what he'd done, we had gone from the MDA of 2600 ft to 3500 ft, right through our assigned altitude. I stopped him, took control of the airplane, got us back to altitude and tried to let him regroup. The rest of the ride went rather poorly and I ended the lesson soon after. We were also well left of course on our practice ILS approach. All for taking a student's word on his level of proficiency and filing a flight plan under my name without being sure of his abilities and my ability to control his mistakes in a timely fashion. My unfamiliarity with his mooney (after spending most of my time in C-172S) also probably contributed. In the future, I will be more in control of my students and preflight them and their capabilities before filing flight plans with them flying!

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: INSTRUCTOR WITH INST STUDENT HAS ALTDEV, CLBING ABOVE MAP ALT.

Narrative: I AM A CFII WHO WAS ASKED TO FLY WITH A PVT PLT WHO HAD JUST GONE THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF 1 OF THOSE PIC 10-DAY IFR COURSES. HE SAID HE HAD 1 MORE DAY OF FLYING WITH PIC TO FINISH THE COURSE AND GET HIS RATING, BUT AS HE COULD NOT FINISH THE COURSE UNTIL MAY, HE ASKED IF I WOULD FLY SOME APCHS WITH HIM TO KEEP HIM IN PRACTICE. I FILED IFR TO DO MULTIPLE APCHS AT MORGANTOWN. FROM THE OUTSET, THE STUDENT APPEARED UNSURE AND UNPREPARED. WE DID THE VOR-A APCH FIRST, AND WERE GIVEN MISSED APCH INSTRUCTIONS TO HEAD 330 DEGS, CLB AND MAINTAIN 3000 FT. AFTER A THOROUGHLY AWFUL VOR APCH, I HAD TO TALK TO MGW TWR TO TELL THEM WE HAD MISSED WHILE MY STUDENT PROCEEDED TO GIVE THE MOONEY FULL THROTTLE AND CLEAN IT UP. BEFORE I REALIZED WHAT HE'D DONE, WE HAD GONE FROM THE MDA OF 2600 FT TO 3500 FT, RIGHT THROUGH OUR ASSIGNED ALT. I STOPPED HIM, TOOK CTL OF THE AIRPLANE, GOT US BACK TO ALT AND TRIED TO LET HIM REGROUP. THE REST OF THE RIDE WENT RATHER POORLY AND I ENDED THE LESSON SOON AFTER. WE WERE ALSO WELL L OF COURSE ON OUR PRACTICE ILS APCH. ALL FOR TAKING A STUDENT'S WORD ON HIS LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY AND FILING A FLT PLAN UNDER MY NAME WITHOUT BEING SURE OF HIS ABILITIES AND MY ABILITY TO CTL HIS MISTAKES IN A TIMELY FASHION. MY UNFAMILIARITY WITH HIS MOONEY (AFTER SPENDING MOST OF MY TIME IN C-172S) ALSO PROBABLY CONTRIBUTED. IN THE FUTURE, I WILL BE MORE IN CTL OF MY STUDENTS AND PREFLT THEM AND THEIR CAPABILITIES BEFORE FILING FLT PLANS WITH THEM FLYING!

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.