Cardinal 177/177RG
Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Air Traffic Control Military 3; Air Traffic Control Radar 5; Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40; Flight Crew Total 10100; Flight Crew Type 50
Situational Awareness
Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude; Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control; Flight Crew Returned To Clearance
Human Factors; Weather
My student and I were enroute to PWA. We were in clouds on a radar vector to PWA when my student lost control and I [regained] control stabilized and then returned control to my student who then lost control again. This happened several times; but finally we got control of flight. Approach Control was very busy and advised us to follow his instructions. We were in clouds and this was a new experience for the student. I should have introduced him to this condition in a less busy area.
C177 instructor describes his instrument students' first attempt at flight in IMC which results in altitude and heading deviations much to the chagrin of the OKC Approach Controller.