What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Student was practicing forward slip to land, with instructor on board. As the aircraft aligned over the runway for landing, the student neglected to transition to a normal landing attitude, instead kept forward slipping. The instructor repeatedly requested that student return to a normal landing attitude. After several verbal warnings with no corrective action from student, instructor took controls, but student continued to hold controls and would not release. Instructor had to fight the student off the controls, who was still trying to forward slip the aircraft. By this time the aircraft was high and slow, with no flaps. The aircraft impacted the runway with a nose high attitude, striking the tail and damaging the bottom rudder cover and causing several wrinkles throughout the trailing edge of the rudder from the bottom to the top of the rudder.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT WAS PRACTICING FORWARD SLIP TO LAND, WITH INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD. AS THE AIRCRAFT ALIGNED OVER THE RUNWAY FOR LANDING, THE STUDENT NEGLECTED TO TRANSITION TO A NORMAL LANDING ATTITUDE, INSTEAD KEPT FORWARD SLIPPING. THE INSTRUCTOR REPEATEDLY REQUESTED THAT STUDENT RETURN TO A NORMAL LANDING ATTITUDE. AFTER SEVERAL VERBAL WARNINGS WITH NO CORRECTIVE ACTION FROM STUDENT, INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROLS, BUT STUDENT CONTINUED TO HOLD CONTROLS AND WOULD NOT RELEASE. INSTRUCTOR HAD TO FIGHT THE STUDENT OFF THE CONTROLS, WHO WAS STILL TRYING TO FORWARD SLIP THE AIRCRAFT. BY THIS TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIGH AND SLOW, WITH NO FLAPS. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY WITH A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, STRIKING THE TAIL AND DAMAGING THE BOTTOM RUDDER COVER AND CAUSING SEVERAL WRINKLES THROUGHOUT THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE RUDDER FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP OF THE RUDDER.
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