STUDENT PLT TRAINEE LOST CTL OF SMA SEL ACFT DURING DUAL INSTRUCTION XWIND LNDG PRACTICE RESULTING IN THE ACFT LNDG OFF THE SIDE OF THE RWY.

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WHILE PRACTICING XWIND TKOFS AND LNDGS ON RWY 35 (WIND 31/15 GUSTS 25). AFTER 3RD LNDG BY STUDENT A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE ACFT AT THE POINT OF FLARE RIGHT BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. THE STUDENT FROZE ON THE CTLS AND THE ACFT DRIFTED TO THE R OF THE RWY. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER THE ACFT BEFORE TOUCHDOWN AS IT SETTLED IN THE GRASS TO THE R OF THE RWY. THE ACFT WAS THEN TAXIED BACK ONTO THE RWY. THE STUDENT HAD 40 HRS OF DUAL INSTRUCTION OF TKOFS AND LNDGS BY ANOTHER INSTRUCTOR; PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE STUDENT'S APCHS WERE STABILIZED; BUT THE FLARE AND XWIND INPUTS WERE INADEQUATE. PRACTICE OF XWIND TECHNIQUE NEEDED TO BE PERFORMED BY THE STUDENT TO DEVELOP XWIND LNDG SKILLS. THE GUST OF WIND DRIFTED THE ACFT TO THE R OF THE RWY SECONDS BEFORE FULL STALL AND TOUCHDOWN A FEW FT ABOVE GND; THEREFORE A GAR WAS IMPOSSIBLE. THE XWIND CONDITIONS WERE FAVORABLE FOR STUDENT TO PRACTICE XWIND TKOFS AND LNDGS AND NOT REASON TO CANCEL FLT TRAINING; BUT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE PREVENTED THIS INCIDENT.