Incident Overview
During a landing, the airplane bounced hard on the runway. The certified flight instructor (CFI) reported that during the approach he noticed the student "was not in position to safely land a/c" and repeatedly ordered the student to relinquish the flight controls, but the student did not comply. The CFI stated that the result was a hard landing.
Narrative Accounts
The student pilot reported that both he and the CFI were wearing noise reduction ear plugs during the flight. He stated that both he and the CFI had their hands on the flight controls during the landing, and that no commands were given during the landing. A back seat passenger, who was also a pilot, reported that both the CFI and the student had their hands on the flight controls during the landing. He described the sequence: the airplane hit hard on the runway, bounced 15 feet in the air, then came down hard on the nose gear, striking the propeller on the runway. The airplane then oscillated several more times. During this, the student pushed the throttle forward as if to initiate a go-around. The back seat passenger shouted from the back, "shut it down - we're finished." The power was then reduced to idle and the airplane was stopped on the runway.
Aftermath
The back seat passenger's perception of the student pilot was that he seemed "overly confident and aggressive with regard to his piloting abilities." The student had not had any formal training in the Cessna 182. The student reported that the purpose of the flight was to attend a fly-in breakfast at Oscoda, not flight instruction.