What happened
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Student pilot was practicing touch and go landings when the acft took off, banked hard to the right, and crashed in the grass to the right of rwy 30R, other circumstances are unknown. (-23) during authorized FAR 141 instructor present training flight, student pilot was demonstrating "touch & go" landings. While following within minutes of a us army ch 47 helicopter flying an approach to a parallel landing site upwind from the airplane, the airplane encountered a rapid uncontrollable right roll within fifty feet of the ground after completion of the touch & go. The airplane impacted the ground in a steep right bank attitude separating the wings from the airplane with the fuselage finally coming to rest in the opposite landing direction. The student pilot was interviewed and indicated that during short final to runway prior to the accident, unexplained severe turbulence occurred. After landing a second takeoff was started and after getting airborne the airplane was out of control and banked to the right. A recovery could not be made from this a ttitude. The instructor pilot was interviewed 4 weeks after the accident and he cannot remember anything after the initial taxi from the hanger.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WHEN THE ACFT TOOK OFF, BANKED HARD TO THE RIGHT, AND CRASHED IN THE GRASS TO THE RIGHT OF RWY 30R, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23) DURING AUTHORIZED FAR 141 INSTRUCTOR PRESENT TRAINING FLIGHT, STUDENT PILOT WAS DEMONSTRATING "TOUCH & GO" LANDINGS. WHILE FOLLOWING WITHIN MINUTES OF A US ARMY CH 47 HELICOPTER FLYING AN APPROACH TO A PARALLEL LANDING SITE UPWIND FROM THE AIRPLANE, THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED A RAPID UNCONTROLLABLE RIGHT ROLL WITHIN FIFTY FEET OF THE GROUND AFTER COMPLETION OF THE TOUCH & GO. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A STEEP RIGHT BANK ATTITUDE SEPARATING THE WINGS FROM THE AIRPLANE WITH THE FUSELAGE FINALLY COMING TO REST IN THE OPPOSITE LANDING DIRECTION. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED AND INDICATED THAT DURING SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, UNEXPLAINED SEVERE TURBULENCE OCCURRED. AFTER LANDING A SECOND TAKEOFF WAS STARTED AND AFTER GETTING AIRBORNE THE AIRPLANE WAS OUT OF CONTROL AND BANKED TO THE RIGHT. A RECOVERY COULD NOT BE MADE FROM THIS A TTITUDE. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED 4 WEEKS AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND HE CANNOT REMEMBER ANYTHING AFTER THE INITIAL TAXI FROM THE HANGER.
NTSB investigation
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