C150 crashes after student fails to relinquish the controls

The flight instructor and the student pilot were landing the tailwheel-equipped Cessna 150 at Newnan Coweta County Airport (KCCO) near Atlanta.

The flight instructor told investigators that the student’s wheel landing was at the proper speed and aligned with the runway, but with a slight left drift.

The student applied right rudder along with (inadvertent) right brake pressure…

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