Incident Details
While on approach for the fifth touch-and-go landing of the session, the student pilot observed a rapid sink rate and that the aircraft was positioned left of the runway centerline. In response, the pilot added power to arrest the descent. However, the aircraft remained left of the runway.
The student pilot then raised the flaps to 10 degrees and initiated a go-around. Despite these actions, the aircraft continued to descend and subsequently touched down left of the runway pavement.
Pilot Background
According to the student pilot's logbook, he had not flown with a flight instructor for over three months prior to the incident.
Summary
The event occurred during a training flight involving multiple touch-and-go landings. The pilot's actions to correct the sink rate and lateral deviation were unsuccessful in preventing a landing off the paved surface.