I declared “my controls” and my student froze on the controls and failed to follow procedure. By the time I was able to get him to respond, the aircraft was past the taxiway edge, and the right main gear struck the light.
Autopilot refuses to disengage
When the AP would not disengage I pushed the disengage button on the yoke. When that didn’t work, I pulled the circuit breaker to the autopilot. That didn’t work either, the servos refused to release.
CFI takes controls from student on stable approach
As I was holding the nose up my instructor said “my controls.” In my mind I wasn’t sure why he wanted to take control. We were stable and about to touchdown, but I immediately removed my hands from the flight controls and said “your controls.” I didn’t know if he saw something I did not.
High speed pass part of ‘aggressive maneuvering’ by pilot
Another contributing factor may have been pilot of Aircraft Y aggressively maneuvering to “get back at” Aircraft X for confusion of sequence in run-up pad prior to departure.
Pilots troubleshoot when all power to nav/com lost
It was discovered that the wire providing power to the electrical/avionics bus had somehow shifted and was severely burned by the exhaust manifold.
Near miss times two
We heard a transmission on the Tower frequency as we were entering the Delta airspace from another plane reporting they were nearly hit in the same vicinity that we were in.
Missing fuel cap leads to missing fuel
We were able to see fuel leaking from the right tank while in flight, so we diverted to ZZZ and requested priority sequencing due to our fuel loss. We were able to see the fuel gauge dropping in level.
Training flight deals with traffic issues at KRHV
An ADS-B traffic advisory alerted us to the conflict just moments before the encounter, significantly distracting my student during the straight-in approach, requiring me to take the controls.
Cessna pilot has problems with J-3 Cub rudders
I think the student, who has spent most of his time in Cessnas, was trying to use the rudders in a similar manner, which requires long, constant pressure to control. The Piper Cub requires quick, constantly changing rudder inputs to maintain directional control.