What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Began go around too slow then aborted to late. Overran rwy. Hit curb and tree. (.4) the student pilot was remaining in closed traffic to practice crosswind landings. While on short final approach for the 7th landing, he elected to perform a go-around. He increased power and retracted the flaps from 30 to 10 degrees. He then became concerned about a poor rate of climb and low airspeed, and he did not believe that the aircraft would safely clear trees at the departure end of the runway. Deciding to abort the go-around, he landed near the departure end of the runway. The nose wheel struck a concrete curb that marked the end of the runway. The aircraft then became airborne and struck a small tree. Inspection of the aircraft revealed no preexisting anomaly.
As the FAA filed it
BEGAN GO AROUND TOO SLOW THEN ABORTED TO LATE. OVERRAN RWY. HIT CURB AND TREE. (.4) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS REMAINING IN CLOSED TRAFFIC TO PRACTICE CROSSWIND LANDINGS. WHILE ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH FOR THE 7TH LANDING, HE ELECTED TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND. HE INCREASED POWER AND RETRACTED THE FLAPS FROM 30 TO 10 DEGREES. HE THEN BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT A POOR RATE OF CLIMB AND LOW AIRSPEED, AND HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD SAFELY CLEAR TREES AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. DECIDING TO ABORT THE GO-AROUND, HE LANDED NEAR THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE WHEEL STRUCK A CONCRETE CURB THAT MARKED THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BECAME AIRBORNE AND STRUCK A SMALL TREE. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED NO PREEXISTING ANOMALY.
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