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C172 instructor pilot reported his student descended to within 300 ft AGL near homes on a practice approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1158238 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201403 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 18600 Flight Crew Type 1800 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
[During] practice approaches; student was controlling the airplane. On one approach the student descended to 500 ft above homes near the airport. I told him to increase the altitude to 600 ft AGL. As he was maneuvering he managed to descend to 300 ft AGL then climbed. We then made three more approaches and landings all of which were normal approaches in all aspects. This student will not be low in the future on an approach to an airport.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172 instructor pilot reported his student descended to within 300 FT AGL near homes on a practice approach.
Narrative: [During] practice approaches; student was controlling the airplane. On one approach the student descended to 500 FT above homes near the airport. I told him to increase the altitude to 600 FT AGL. As he was maneuvering he managed to descend to 300 FT AGL then climbed. We then made three more approaches and landings all of which were normal approaches in all aspects. This student will not be low in the future on an approach to an airport.
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.