<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1394287, October 2016

Da-20 instructor pilot reported the student took control of the aircraft on takeoff and would not relinquish control.

Attributes
ACN	1394287
Time
Date	201610
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	DA20 Undifferentiated
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 223 Flight Crew Total 525 Flight Crew Type 151
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

Departed with a student onboard conducting an instructional flight. Prior to takeoff I informed the student I had the controls and would perform the takeoff. During the takeoff while in ground effect; the student grabbed the stick and overpowered me on the flight controls. I repeatedly shouted that I had the controls but the student did not respond. I was unable to recover the aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DA-20 instructor pilot reported the student took control of the aircraft on takeoff and would not relinquish control.

Narrative: Departed with a student onboard conducting an instructional flight. Prior to takeoff I informed the student I had the controls and would perform the takeoff. During the takeoff while in ground effect; the student grabbed the stick and overpowered me on the flight controls. I repeatedly shouted that I had the controls but the student did not respond. I was unable to recover the aircraft.

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.