As a new PPL instructor I gave a lengthy pre flight brief on stall recovery to a nervous student and off we went into the blue to try it out. After a demo it was his turn.
My mistake? Not telling him how far to move the control column forward in the recovery.
After he pushed the stick FULLY forward and our cessna 150 went from about 45 deg pitch up to almost vertically pitch down. I professionally screamed for control, he screamed because he thought he was going to die and then his side window popped open letting the increasing breeze blow in noisily!
Chaos. After I recovered control he sat there with his hand on his heart, eyes closed,breathing heavily looking like a heart attack victim. "S!*T, i've killed a student....!" i thought. Luckily he was 'just' in shock.
So now, I make sure I get the stude to follow through on my demo. Now I only
occassionally scare the poop out of my studes.
We never have to many hours to learn anything new, and quite often from those with less hours!
