The flight instructor and student pilot were practicing landings to a full stop at the airport in Kankakee, Ill.
During the sixth landing, the student overcontrolled the Cessna 172 during the landing flare.
The flight instructor attempted to correct the flight control inputs, however he was unable to overcome the strength of the student pilot on the flight controls.
The airplane hit a bank of snow on the left side of the runway and nosed over.
The left wing and fuselage were substantially damaged.
Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper flight control inputs, resulting in the loss of control during the landing flare.
NTSB Identification: CEN15CA151
This February 2015 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others.
Nervous about flying to start with, I insisted my young instructor teach me to land first. Coming in a few landings later, the stall buzzer went off. WHAT’S THAT? I asked. It means that if you don’t accelerate we’re both going to die. That got my attention.
I have heard of this type of scenario. So, maybe the instructor should have said, “I GOT IT”. Then if the student doesn’t give up the controls you should hit him/her in the chops to wake them up. That was popular in the military a few decades ago
Agree…..,,. Seems to me like we’re beginning to forget a lot of basic fundamentals. Perhaps a little more emphasis in ground school.
I wonder if this student pilot was ready to be in the air. He certainly lacked the skill to be able to handle an emergency situation. Froze up and Trashed the airplane. I’ll bet he demonstrated some time before that he wasn’t equipped to handle a stressful situation. My hats off to instructors you guys put yourselves in horrible situations at times. But where would we be without you guys. Thank you for all you do.
Agree with the call “I Got It” and with no response a sharp thwack to the face would be called for which would likely result in control release. It never failed in military aviation even with tandem seating and within reach of the front seater’s helmet.
My husband was killed in a military aircraft accident because of “I got it.” Inappropriate and did not result in a proper transfer of controls. Smh.