Instructor pilot on demonstration flight stalls on takeoff, lands in grass beside runway.

Attributes
ACN	306160
Time
Date	199505
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fcm
State Reference	MN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : fcm
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	PA-38 Tomahawk
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 35 flight time total : 400 flight time type : 2
ASRS Report	306160
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : student
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Prospective student's first demonstration flight. Instructor assisted student in takeoff. Student over-rotated and did not compensate for left turning tendencies. Instructor took over controls and attempted to recover airplane airborne. Altitude was not sufficient for stall recovery and airplane settled into grass on left side of runway and proceeded to rollout. Left wing leading edge contacted VASI lights on runway 27L. Contributing to the problem is instructor's unfamiliarity with plane. In the future, instructor will thoroughly familiarize himself with all new aircraft flown. Also, instructor will abort from bad sits earlier, and be more conservative with students.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: INSTRUCTOR PLT ON DEMONSTRATION FLT STALLS ON TKOF, LANDS IN GRASS BESIDE RWY.

Narrative: PROSPECTIVE STUDENT'S FIRST DEMONSTRATION FLT. INSTRUCTOR ASSISTED STUDENT IN TKOF. STUDENT OVER-ROTATED AND DID NOT COMPENSATE FOR L TURNING TENDENCIES. INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER CTLS AND ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER AIRPLANE AIRBORNE. ALT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR STALL RECOVERY AND AIRPLANE SETTLED INTO GRASS ON L SIDE OF RWY AND PROCEEDED TO ROLLOUT. L WING LEADING EDGE CONTACTED VASI LIGHTS ON RWY 27L. CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROB IS INSTRUCTOR'S UNFAMILIARITY WITH PLANE. IN THE FUTURE, INSTRUCTOR WILL THOROUGHLY FAMILIARIZE HIMSELF WITH ALL NEW ACFT FLOWN. ALSO, INSTRUCTOR WILL ABORT FROM BAD SITS EARLIER, AND BE MORE CONSERVATIVE WITH STUDENTS.

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.