From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
A flight instructor was instructing a student pilot on landings. On the third landing the flight instructor reported that the student pilot overused the right rudder after landing that caused the aircraft to yaw to the right. The flight instructor tried to take the controls from the student pilot but the student pilot refused to relinquish the controls. The aircraft was eventually brought to a stop in the grass next to the runway. No damage was reported to the aircraft and no injuries were reported. The flight was terminated and brought back to the to the ramp for a maintenance inspection.
The aircraft was inspected by maintenance and returned to service on March 6, 2023, after no damage was found.
As the FAA filed it
A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS INSTRUCTING A STUDENT PILOT ON LANDINGS. ON THE THIRD LANDING THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT THE STUDENT PILOT OVERUSED THE RIGHT RUDDER AFTER LANDING THAT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO YAW TO THE RIGHT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TRIED TO TAKE THE CONTROLS FROM THE STUDENT PILOT BUT THE STUDENT PILOT REFUSED TO RELINQUISH THE CONTROLS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EVENTUALLY BROUGHT TO A STOP IN THE GRASS NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE FLIGHT WAS TERMINATED AND BROUGHT BACK TO THE TO THE RAMP FOR A MAINTENANCE INSPECTION.
THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY MAINTENANCE AND RETURNED TO SERVICE ON MARCH 6, 2023, AFTER NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND.
Other reports on N9980W · 6
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.