What happened
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Student pilot was on go around when the acft stalled and crashed into trees, other circumstances are unknown. (From .19) on June 5, 1999, about 1300 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N68762, registered to Chapel Hill flying club, crashed during a go-around at Horace Williams Airport, Chapel Hill, north carolina, while on a title 14 CFR part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was desroyed and the student pilot received serious injuries. The flight originated from Chapel Hill, the same day, about 11:30. A flight instructor in another aircraft stated that as he and his student entered right downwind for runway 27 at Horace Williams Airport, they observed N68762 about halfway down the runway, still at a high altitude. A few moments later he observed N68762 over the trees at the end of the runway, in a nose high attitude and moving very slowly, on the edge of a stall. The aircraft then yawed sharply left and disappeared into the trees in a steep nose down, near verticle attitude. The pilot stated to an FAA inspector after the accident that he did not remember anything about the accident. A flight instructor in another airplane saw the accident airplane approach the runway at a high altitude. The next time he saw it, it was over trees at the departure end of the runway, in a nose high attitude, moving very slowly, on the edge of a stall. The accident airplane then yawed sharply to the left, and entered a nose down, near vertical descent, disappearing into the trees. Postcrash toxicology tests were positive for .247 ug/ml marijuana in urine and .027 ug/ml marijuana in serum. Postcrash examination of the airplane's structure, flight controls, and engine by an FAA inspector showed no evidence of precrash failure or malfunction.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT PILOT WAS ON GO AROUND WHEN THE ACFT STALLED AND CRASHED INTO TREES, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (FROM .19) ON JUNE 5, 1999, ABOUT 1300 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 152, N68762, REGISTERED TO CHAPEL HILL FLYING CLUB, CRASHED DURING A GO-AROUND AT HORACE WILLIAMS AIRPORT, CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, WHILE ON A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESROYED AND THE STUDENT PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CHAPEL HILL, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 11:30. A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN ANOTHER AIRCRAFT STATED THAT AS HE AND HIS STUDENT ENTERED RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 27 AT HORACE WILLIAMS AIRPORT, THEY OBSERVED N68762 ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, STILL AT A HIGH ALTITUDE. A FEW MOMENTS LATER HE OBSERVED N68762 OVER THE TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE AND MOVING VERY SLOWLY, ON THE EDGE OF A STALL. THE AIRCRAFT THEN YAWED SHARPLY LEFT AND DISAPPEARED INTO THE TREES IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN, NEAR VERTICLE ATTITUDE. THE PILOT STATED TO AN FAA INSPECTOR AFTER THE ACCIDENT THAT HE DID NOT REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT THE ACCIDENT. A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN ANOTHER AIRPLANE SAW THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE APPROACH THE RUNWAY AT A HIGH ALTITUDE. THE NEXT TIME HE SAW IT, IT WAS OVER TREES AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY, IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, MOVING VERY SLOWLY, ON THE EDGE OF A STALL. THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE THEN YAWED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT, AND ENTERED A NOSE DOWN, NEAR VERTICAL DESCENT, DISAPPEARING INTO THE TREES. POSTCRASH TOXICOLOGY TESTS WERE POSITIVE FOR .247 UG/ML MARIJUANA IN URINE AND .027 UG/ML MARIJUANA IN SERUM. POSTCRASH EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE'S STRUCTURE, FLIGHT CONTROLS, AND ENGINE BY AN FAA INSPECTOR SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF PRECRASH FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.
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