Narrative:

While on VFR training flight from ash nashua, nh to mht manchester, nh- requested touch and go's from mht approach. The student was having difficulty with radio communications, so the instructor on board took over the radios. While talking to manchester approach, the instructor was talking the student through the visual approach and instructions issued by ATC. Manchester approach vectored instructor and student for a left base for a runway 24 and instructed to change to mht tower frequency. Once on tower frequency, student and instructor were sequenced for landing. After finishing the discussion the instructor was having with the student, the instructor responded to tower's clearance, not catching that it was a landing clearance and not for touch and go's. The training aircraft was cleared and proceeded to land. On department manchester tower questioned the training aircraft as to intentions and if we wanted touch and go's. The training aircraft was the sequenced for touch and go's and proceeded without incident. Human performance: instructor was pre-occupied with radios and helping student in busier airspace that instructor did not catch the change in landing clearance and only repeated the clearance instead of fully understanding it.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DURING PLT TRAINING INSTRUCTOR FAILED TO OBTAIN LNDG CLRNC DUE TO STUDENT TRAINING DISTRACTION WHEN ATCT LCL CTLR GAVE LNDG SEQUENCE INFO ONLY, AND NOT A LNDG CLRNC FOR TOUCH AND GO.

Narrative: WHILE ON VFR TRAINING FLT FROM ASH NASHUA, NH TO MHT MANCHESTER, NH- REQUESTED TOUCH AND GO'S FROM MHT APCH. THE STUDENT WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH RADIO COMS, SO THE INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD TOOK OVER THE RADIOS. WHILE TALKING TO MANCHESTER APCH, THE INSTRUCTOR WAS TALKING THE STUDENT THROUGH THE VISUAL APCH AND INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY ATC. MANCHESTER APCH VECTORED INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT FOR A L BASE FOR A RWY 24 AND INSTRUCTED TO CHANGE TO MHT TWR FREQ. ONCE ON TWR FREQ, STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE SEQUENCED FOR LNDG. AFTER FINISHING THE DISCUSSION THE INSTRUCTOR WAS HAVING WITH THE STUDENT, THE INSTRUCTOR RESPONDED TO TWR'S CLRNC, NOT CATCHING THAT IT WAS A LNDG CLRNC AND NOT FOR TOUCH AND GO'S. THE TRAINING ACFT WAS CLEARED AND PROCEEDED TO LAND. ON DEPT MANCHESTER TWR QUESTIONED THE TRAINING ACFT AS TO INTENTIONS AND IF WE WANTED TOUCH AND GO'S. THE TRAINING ACFT WAS THE SEQUENCED FOR TOUCH AND GO'S AND PROCEEDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. HUMAN PERFORMANCE: INSTRUCTOR WAS PRE-OCCUPIED WITH RADIOS AND HELPING STUDENT IN BUSIER AIRSPACE THAT INSTRUCTOR DID NOT CATCH THE CHANGE IN LNDG CLRNC AND ONLY REPEATED THE CLRNC INSTEAD OF FULLY UNDERSTANDING IT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.