PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Distraction; Situational Awareness
Airspace Violation All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown; Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Flight Crew Exited Penetrated Airspace; Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control
Human Factors
While conducting practice stalls with a student; the student applied incorrect inputs and froze on the controls. The aircraft began to enter a spin to the left and I immediately applied inputs to recover. The stall/spin was recovered by 800 FT AGL and after stabilizing the airplane in a climb; I gave the controls back to the student and instructed him to climb straight ahead to 2;000 FT. After the confusion; coupled with the low visibility and rain; I realized the heading and altitude we were at would take us into the class C airspace surrounding ZZZ. I instructed the student to immediately turn and exit the airspace. We continued the flight normally and landed without incident at the original airport of departure. The weather conditions coupled with the startle factor of the student putting the aircraft into a spin caused a momentary lapse of situational awareness of where the aircraft was in relation to the nearby airspace.
General aviation flight instructor reported an airspace violation following an unexpected spin induced by the student pilot.