What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On June 16, 1997, at 1630 hours pacific daylight time, a Cessna 150, N22406, collided with terrain following a loss of control during a go around attempt at the Jean, Nevada, airport. The aircraft was destroyed. The private pilot and pilot rated passenger sustianed serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions existed, and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight that originated from the north las vegas, Nevada, airport at 1615. The pilot reported that she was practicing visual flight rules (VFR) approached ending in go arounds on runway 20R without touching down. The pilot stated that after crossing over the appraoch end of the runway on the fourth VFR approach, she added full power, raised the flaps, and manually checked that carburetor heat was off. She stated that the airplane would not climb. The aircraft started to settle, so she lowered the nose and that the last thing she remembered. A California highway partrol (chp) officer, who is also a pilot, reported that he observed the accident aircraft make a low approacah from the north to runway 20R. The aircraft made two more low approached and on the fourth approach made a touchdown approximately 2/3 down the runway. The chp officer stated that the pilot added power and lifted off what appeared to be 30 degrees flap down. The plane gained approximately 150
As the FAA filed it
ON JUNE 16, 1997, AT 1630 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150, N22406, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING A GO AROUND ATTEMPT AT THE JEAN, NEVADA, AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PILOT RATED PASSENGER SUSTIANED SERIOUS INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED FROM THE NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, AIRPORT AT 1615. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT SHE WAS PRACTICING VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) APPROACHED ENDING IN GO AROUNDS ON RUNWAY 20R WITHOUT TOUCHING DOWN. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER CROSSING OVER THE APPRAOCH END OF THE RUNWAY ON THE FOURTH VFR APPROACH, SHE ADDED FULL POWER, RAISED THE FLAPS, AND MANUALLY CHECKED THAT CARBURETOR HEAT WAS OFF. SHE STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT CLIMB. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SETTLE, SO SHE LOWERED THE NOSE AND THAT THE LAST THING SHE REMEMBERED. A CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PARTROL (CHP) OFFICER, WHO IS ALSO A PILOT, REPORTED THAT HE OBSERVED THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT MAKE A LOW APPROACAH FROM THE NORTH TO RUNWAY 20R. THE AIRCRAFT MADE TWO MORE LOW APPROACHED AND ON THE FOURTH APPROACH MADE A TOUCHDOWN APPROXIMATELY 2/3 DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE CHP OFFICER STATED THAT THE PILOT ADDED POWER AND LIFTED OFF WHAT APPEARED TO BE 30 DEGREES FLAP DOWN. THE PLANE GAINED APPROXIMATELY 150
NTSB investigation
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