What happened
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Dragged a wing in belated go around trying land in short dirt strip. Carthwheeled. (-23)pilot made go around from 800' private airfield, climbed to 30-50' AGL made steep right turn, right wing touched the ground causing the pilot to lose control, and the aircraft subsequently crashed. The pilot received fatal injuries from the crash. (.4) witnesses reported the airplane made an approach to a small private grass airstrip adjacent to the crash site in an easterly direction, then began a go-around late in the approach (they reported the aircraft was below the tops of power poles in the area at this point, at an estimated height between 30 and 50 feet above ground level). The one-way airstrip, with landings to the east and takeoffs to the west, is 800 feet long and has trees at both ends and on both sides. The witnesses reported that during the attempted go-around, the airplane began a right turn, and that in this turn the airplane's right wingtip dragged the ground and the airplane crashed into a field. On-scene investigators found no evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunction, sabotage or tampering, preimpact airframe structural failure, or fire. The pilot's third-class FAA medical certificate was expired; however, autopsy and toxicology tests did not indicate that medical factors were involved.
As the FAA filed it
DRAGGED A WING IN BELATED GO AROUND TRYING LAND IN SHORT DIRT STRIP. CARTHWHEELED. (-23)PILOT MADE GO AROUND FROM 800' PRIVATE AIRFIELD, CLIMBED TO 30-50' AGL MADE STEEP RIGHT TURN, RIGHT WING TOUCHED THE GROUND CAUSING THE PILOT TO LOSE CONTROL, AND THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES FROM THE CRASH. (.4) WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRPLANE MADE AN APPROACH TO A SMALL PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP ADJACENT TO THE CRASH SITE IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION, THEN BEGAN A GO-AROUND LATE IN THE APPROACH (THEY REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT WAS BELOW THE TOPS OF POWER POLES IN THE AREA AT THIS POINT, AT AN ESTIMATED HEIGHT BETWEEN 30 AND 50 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL). THE ONE-WAY AIRSTRIP, WITH LANDINGS TO THE EAST AND TAKEOFFS TO THE WEST, IS 800 FEET LONG AND HAS TREES AT BOTH ENDS AND ON BOTH SIDES. THE WITNESSES REPORTED THAT DURING THE ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN A RIGHT TURN, AND THAT IN THIS TURN THE AIRPLANE'S RIGHT WINGTIP DRAGGED THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE CRASHED INTO A FIELD. ON-SCENE INVESTIGATORS FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION, SABOTAGE OR TAMPERING, PREIMPACT AIRFRAME STRUCTURAL FAILURE, OR FIRE. THE PILOT'S THIRD-CLASS FAA MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS EXPIRED; HOWEVER, AUTOPSY AND TOXICOLOGY TESTS DID NOT INDICATE THAT MEDICAL FACTORS WERE INVOLVED.
NTSB investigation
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