Did you notice? He was trying to steer with the yoke!
There is a name for that. It is called the law of primacy.
It is one of the questions on the CFI written test.
The student learned to drive before he started flying. In times of stress he reverts to controlling direction with the wheel. I see that far more in recent times than back in the 70’s.
Back then instructors generally had tail wheel experience and knew you had to steer with your feet. Students did not solo until they were proficient with the rudders.
Now days it you can turn and fly up and down while you talk on the radio you are good to go. You only need the rudder pedals to taxi to or from the runway.
The rudders always control where the aircraft is pointed laterally. It is called yaw.
The rudder is a flight control. It is the only flight control that always works as advertised, push right, go right.
Unfortunately this is opposite several other common forms of transportation such as tricycles, snow sleds and bicycles. This can cause further confusion in the students mind and cause the student to minimize trust and use of the rudder. The rudder always controls yaw.
The elevator controls pitch and speed. Pull back to pitch the nose up. Pull back more to pitch the nose down in either a stall if too slow or in inverted flight if you are fast enough to make it that far.
In normal level flight pull back to slow down, push forward to go fast. In inverted flight do the opposite.
Ailerons control roll in normal flight but not when you get slow or are on the ground.
At least that has been my experience.
The bottom line is if the aircraft has a rudder the student and/or pilot should know how and when to use it.
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