What happened
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Not aligned with runway began go around. Banked left. Wing hit taxiway. 320 veered into parked aircraft.(.4) the twin-engine Cessna 320B airplane impacted two parked, unoccupied, single engine airplanes following a loss of control during a go around. When the airplane was on short final approximately 40 feet AGL, the pilot initiated a go around. He first advanced the throttles and then the propeller controls. According to the pilot, the engines seemed to `bog down' and then the right engine seemed to clear first or to produce more power than the left engine. The airplane began to bank to the left and lose airspeed and altitude. The pilot stated that he `did not have sufficient time or altitude to correct the situation,' and the airplane impacted a taxiway with its nose and left wing and slid onto a ramp where it collided with two parked airplanes. Advancing the propeller controls to the high RPM position was the fifth item listed in the `before landing' checklist in the Cessna 320B owner's manual. The pilot had a total of 15 hours flight time in multiengine airplanes of which 4.3 hours were in the Cessna 320B. (-23) while attempting a go-around, runway 09 at Arkansas county airport, the aircraft stalled and crashed onto a ramp area. No injuries to the two persons on board and no fire resulted.
As the FAA filed it
NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY BEGAN GO AROUND. BANKED LEFT. WING HIT TAXIWAY. 320 VEERED INTO PARKED AIRCRAFT.(.4) THE TWIN-ENGINE CESSNA 320B AIRPLANE IMPACTED TWO PARKED, UNOCCUPIED, SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANES FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING A GO AROUND. WHEN THE AIRPLANE WAS ON SHORT FINAL APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET AGL, THE PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND. HE FIRST ADVANCED THE THROTTLES AND THEN THE PROPELLER CONTROLS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE ENGINES SEEMED TO `BOG DOWN' AND THEN THE RIGHT ENGINE SEEMED TO CLEAR FIRST OR TO PRODUCE MORE POWER THAN THE LEFT ENGINE. THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO BANK TO THE LEFT AND LOSE AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE `DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME OR ALTITUDE TO CORRECT THE SITUATION,' AND THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED A TAXIWAY WITH ITS NOSE AND LEFT WING AND SLID ONTO A RAMP WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH TWO PARKED AIRPLANES. ADVANCING THE PROPELLER CONTROLS TO THE HIGH RPM POSITION WAS THE FIFTH ITEM LISTED IN THE `BEFORE LANDING' CHECKLIST IN THE CESSNA 320B OWNER'S MANUAL. THE PILOT HAD A TOTAL OF 15 HOURS FLIGHT TIME IN MULTIENGINE AIRPLANES OF WHICH 4.3 HOURS WERE IN THE CESSNA 320B. (-23) WHILE ATTEMPTING A GO-AROUND, RUNWAY 09 AT ARKANSAS COUNTY AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED ONTO A RAMP AREA. NO INJURIES TO THE TWO PERSONS ON BOARD AND NO FIRE RESULTED.
NTSB investigation
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