During a crosswind landing a student pilot lost control of the aircraft and departed the runway. Ins...

Attributes
ACN	1456087
Time
Date	201706
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna Aircraft Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Main Gear
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

Narrative:

During landing with left crosswind [a] student put in right rudder during the flare but released as the wheels touched down. This created significant side load on the right main landing gear as the aircraft started to turn completely sideways to the left. The instructor took control of the aircraft however the aircraft was already sideways and he was unable to safely bring it back to the right and the aircraft departed the runway into the grass. No visible damage done to airplane. Keeping rudder correction in during the entire phase of landing during a crosswind is essential. Student understands mistake made and more crosswind training will be accomplished.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: During a crosswind landing a student pilot lost control of the aircraft and departed the runway. Instructor took control but was unable to prevent the runway departure. No aircraft damage was found.

Narrative: During landing with left crosswind [a] student put in right rudder during the flare but released as the wheels touched down. This created significant side load on the right main landing gear as the aircraft started to turn completely sideways to the left. The instructor took control of the aircraft however the aircraft was already sideways and he was unable to safely bring it back to the right and the aircraft departed the runway into the grass. No visible damage done to airplane. Keeping rudder correction in during the entire phase of landing during a crosswind is essential. Student understands mistake made and more crosswind training will be accomplished.

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.