What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Pilot lost control of aircraft on landing. (.4) the non-instrument rated pilot observed precipitation and low clouds along his route of flight, and chose to divert to an airport. While landing at the airport, he observed varying winds. He encountered a tailwind and heard the stall warning horn activate. He added power and completely retracted the flaps, with the intent to go-around, but the airplane contacted the runway and traveled off the right side. At the time of the accident, reported winds indicated a tailwind of 10 knots, gusting to 14 knots. Reported winds up to 1 hour prior to the accident indicated a tailwind for that particular runway. Review of the make and model airplane handbook revealed that during a go-around, pilots should partially retract the flaps first, establish an airspeed of 80 knots, then slowly retract the remaining flaps.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON LANDING. (.4) THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT OBSERVED PRECIPITATION AND LOW CLOUDS ALONG HIS ROUTE OF FLIGHT, AND CHOSE TO DIVERT TO AN AIRPORT. WHILE LANDING AT THE AIRPORT, HE OBSERVED VARYING WINDS. HE ENCOUNTERED A TAILWIND AND HEARD THE STALL WARNING HORN ACTIVATE. HE ADDED POWER AND COMPLETELY RETRACTED THE FLAPS, WITH THE INTENT TO GO-AROUND, BUT THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND TRAVELED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, REPORTED WINDS INDICATED A TAILWIND OF 10 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 14 KNOTS. REPORTED WINDS UP TO 1 HOUR PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT INDICATED A TAILWIND FOR THAT PARTICULAR RUNWAY. REVIEW OF THE MAKE AND MODEL AIRPLANE HANDBOOK REVEALED THAT DURING A GO-AROUND, PILOTS SHOULD PARTIALLY RETRACT THE FLAPS FIRST, ESTABLISH AN AIRSPEED OF 80 KNOTS, THEN SLOWLY RETRACT THE REMAINING FLAPS.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.