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A student pilot lost control of the aircraft during landing but the instructor recovered. Both pilots failed to notice wing tip and horizontal stabilizer damage during postflight. His next student also did not see the damage during preflight; but discovered it during that postflight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1270450 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201506 |
| 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 | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 340 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
While practicing touch and goes with a student; after touchdown the student released back pressure on the yoke dropping the nose; this put the aircraft in an attitude that almost flipped the plane sideways. She proceeded to apply back pressure and right rudder since the airplane was veering left; this sent us heading right towards the edge of the runway 35L; I proceeded to take over the controls; applying full power and trying to rotate the aircraft before it flew off the side of the runway; and in the process; the left wing tip and left elevator tip appeared to struck the gravel (I did not notice this while in flight). I managed to rotate and stabilize the aircraft and proceeded to fly the pattern again and come in for a full stop landing. I failed to run a thorough post flight and did not notice the damage to both the wing tip and the scrapped elevator tip. Also on sunday I went out with a different student for a flight and again failed to notice the damage on the aircraft; given that the student had done previous preflights properly and I had instructed her that in the case of noticing anything strange; missing or out of place; she should notify me immediately for me to inspect and assess; she failed to notify me of the damage and we proceeded to fly staying in the pattern for 1.1 hours and 9 landings.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A student pilot lost control of the aircraft during landing but the instructor recovered. Both pilots failed to notice wing tip and horizontal stabilizer damage during postflight. His next student also did not see the damage during preflight; but discovered it during that postflight.
Narrative: While practicing touch and goes with a student; after touchdown the student released back pressure on the yoke dropping the nose; this put the aircraft in an attitude that almost flipped the plane sideways. She proceeded to apply back pressure and right rudder since the airplane was veering left; this sent us heading right towards the edge of the runway 35L; I proceeded to take over the controls; applying full power and trying to rotate the aircraft before it flew off the side of the runway; and in the process; the left wing tip and left elevator tip appeared to struck the gravel (I did not notice this while in flight). I managed to rotate and stabilize the aircraft and proceeded to fly the pattern again and come in for a full stop landing. I failed to run a thorough post flight and did not notice the damage to both the wing tip and the scrapped elevator tip. Also on Sunday I went out with a different student for a flight and again failed to notice the damage on the aircraft; given that the student had done previous preflights properly and I had instructed her that in the case of noticing anything strange; missing or out of place; she should notify me immediately for me to inspect and assess; she failed to notify me of the damage and we proceeded to fly staying in the pattern for 1.1 hours and 9 landings.
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.