[Screaming_Emu]

So, I had an idea for a new thread. Today one of my students tried to kill me, and i thought it would be fun to hear some war stories.

I have a new student who didn't have the best luck at a big academy. He's got his PPL, but hasn't flown since June. He wants to continue with his CPL and IR. Today was our first lesson and I just wanted to kinda get an idea of how much rust he had from his time off. I dont want to start on commercial/instrument stuff if the basics aren't there.

We did the usual stalls, steep turns, slow flight, etc. That wasn't very good, but it wasn't horrible either. Some definite rust there. Did a simulated engine failure and that went quite well. So we headed to a nearby airport for some landings.

The approach started out a little high, but he fixed it with a slip. We get over the runway and he starts the flare. When he did this we started to drift right at a pretty good pace. The runway is only 65 ft wide and we were in a C172.

I tell him to get it back on centerline, and he decides that the best way to do that is to jam the left rudder to the floor. We end up touching down 45 degrees to the left and I ended up having to take controls from the student for only the 3rd time since I started CFIing in January. When we touched down, the left wheel started to come up in the air and somehow I got it straightened out before we flipped over.

Lesson learned...be ready.....always....

Love to hear some more stories, and most importantly, what you learned from them.