STUDENT PLT FLEW BELOW THE MSA DURING HIS SECOND SOLO FLT WHEN HE FLEW AT APPROX 100-200 FT ABOVE A LARGE FOOTBALL STADIUM WHICH WAS FULL OF SPECTATORS. HE BELIEVED THAT HE HAD PERMISSION SINCE THE CLASS B AIRSPACE CTLR ADVISED HIM TO STAY CLR OF THE CLASS B AIRSPACE AT A VERY LOW MSL ALT WHICH WAS NEARLY AS LOW AS THE TERRAIN ON WHICH THE STADIUM WAS LOCATED.

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ON RPTED DATE; MY STUDENT WENT OUT ON HIS SECOND SOLO FLT. WINDS WERE CALM; VISIBILITY GOOD; AIR TFC LIGHT. 2 LCL COLLEGES WERE PLAYING FOOTBALL GAMES AT RICE STADIUM; E OF SALT LAKE CITY. MY STUDENT IS A BIG FOOTBALL FAN AND DECIDED TO FLY OVER THE STADIUM DURING THE GAME. HE SAID THAT HE TOLD SALT LAKE CLRNC OF HIS INTENTIONS AND THAT AFTER BEING HANDED OVER TO DEP CTL; HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO REMAIN AT OR BELOW 5500 FT. ELEVATION AT RICE STADIUM IS APPROX 5300 FT MSL. STUDENT MADE SEVERAL PASSES OVER THE GAME AND CAUSED ENOUGH CONCERN TO PEOPLE IN THE BLEACHERS THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH CELLULAR PHONES CALLED IN COMPLAINTS. ONE PERSON IN ATTENDANCE RPTED THAT THE PLANE WAS NO MORE THAN 100 FT ABOVE THE STADIUM LIGHTS. ATC THEN INFORMED STUDENT THAT HE WAS TOO LOW AND THAT THEY WERE GETTING COMPLAINTS. STUDENT THEN RETURNED TO SALT LAKE AND LANDED. AFTER LNDG HE WAS GIVEN A PHONE NUMBER TO CALL. HE TALKED TO SOMEONE NAMED X WHO INFORMED HIM OF HIS VIOLATION AND LECTURED HIM ON THE DANGERS OF WHAT HE'D DONE. STUDENT REASONING WAS THAT HE WAS ONLY FOLLOWING ATC INSTRUCTIONS OF STAYING AT OR BELOW 5500 FT. STUDENT IS VERY YOUNG (BARELY 16) AND UP TO THIS POINT HAS BEEN VERY RESPONSIBLE IN HIS FLYING. WHEN I WAS INFORMED OF THE INCIDENT I IMMEDIATELY PHONED STUDENT AND LECTURED HIM SEVERELY. PRIOR TO HIM SOLOING; WE HAD SPENT SEVERAL HRS ON THE GND GOING OVER ALT RESTRS AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PLT TO REFUSE AN ATC INSTRUCTION IF IT WERE GOING TO PUT HIM IN A SIT OF DANGER OR VIOLATION OF AN FAR. I ASKED STUDENT IF HE REMEMBERED THOSE CONVERSATIONS. HE SAID HE DID. HE WAS EXTREMELY EMBARRASSED BY WHAT HE'D DONE AND ADMITTED TO BEING VERY NAIVE. I DON'T BELIEVE HE'LL MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AGAIN. WE WILL GO OVER THOSE LESSONS AGAIN.