Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Commercial
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200; Flight Crew Total 480; Flight Crew Type 430
Training / Qualification
Ground Event / Encounter Object; Ground Excursion Runway; Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control
Human Factors; Weather
A student pilot was flying a soft field takeoff. With the yoke pulled back and ailerons into the wind we applied power. We lifted off about 40 kts and even with crosswind correction we were pushed left very quickly. My student started to freak out. I was on the controls the entire time and called 'my controls.' He fought me for a moment and then gave me the controls. We stabilized the crosswind drift; but our main gear struck a taxiway exit sign which caused us to come to the ground and prop strike. We came to rest on the taxiway. No injuries from either pilot.
C172 instructor pilot reported a loss of control by a student pilot in crosswind conditions that resulted in a runway excursion and prop strike.