Cessna 170
Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Sea
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 41; Flight Crew Total 31838; Flight Crew Type 90
Other / Unknown; Human-Machine Interface
Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control
Aircraft; Human Factors
After landing; my student lost directional control. I regained directional control but my student had applied brakes causing the tail to rise up resulting in a prop strike. We exited the airplane and there were no injuries or property damage. I notified the FAA immediately.
C170 instructor pilot reports a loss of directional control by his student after landing. Directional control is regained by the instructor; but the student had applied brakes sufficient to cause the propeller to strike the runway.