What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The airplane collided with trees during an attempted aborted landing. The pilot stated that he aborted the landing after the airplane bounced twice during the attempted landing. According to the pilot, he struggled to maintain directional control during the landing and the subsequent aborted landing because a left crosswind was pushing the airplane towards trees along the right side of the runway. One witness stated the pitch altitude of the airplane increased to approzimately 15 degrees during intial climb. Witnesses said the airplane wallowed and entered the trees nose down. The pilot had flown 4 hours during the previous 12 months of which 1.7 hours was flown 1 month prior to the accident.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING AN ATTEMPTED ABORTED LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ABORTED THE LANDING AFTER THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED TWICE DURING THE ATTEMPTED LANDING. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE LANDING AND THE SUBSEQUENT ABORTED LANDING BECAUSE A LEFT CROSSWIND WAS PUSHING THE AIRPLANE TOWARDS TREES ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. ONE WITNESS STATED THE PITCH ALTITUDE OF THE AIRPLANE INCREASED TO APPROZIMATELY 15 DEGREES DURING INTIAL CLIMB. WITNESSES SAID THE AIRPLANE WALLOWED AND ENTERED THE TREES NOSE DOWN. THE PILOT HAD FLOWN 4 HOURS DURING THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS OF WHICH 1.7 HOURS WAS FLOWN 1 MONTH PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.