<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1143958, January 2014

C170 instructor pilot reports a loss of directional control by his student after landing. Directional control is regained by the instructor; but the student had applied brakes sufficient to cause the propeller to strike the runway.

Attributes
ACN	1143958
Time
Date	201401
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 170
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Normal Brake System
Person 1
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Sea
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 41 Flight Crew Total 31838 Flight Crew Type 90
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

After landing; my student lost directional control. I regained directional control but my student had applied brakes causing the tail to rise up resulting in a prop strike. We exited the airplane and there were no injuries or property damage. I notified the FAA immediately.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C170 instructor pilot reports a loss of directional control by his student after landing. Directional control is regained by the instructor; but the student had applied brakes sufficient to cause the propeller to strike the runway.

Narrative: After landing; my student lost directional control. I regained directional control but my student had applied brakes causing the tail to rise up resulting in a prop strike. We exited the airplane and there were no injuries or property damage. I notified the FAA immediately.

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.