What happened
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(-23) The pilot landed on runway 12 with gusty cross wind conditions. After touchdown, a gust caused the airplane to weathervane to the right and head for a ditch off the right side of the runway. The pilot applied full rudder with no response. He then added full power and attempted to go around with the rudder input still applied. The airplane left the left side of the runway and went over a fence, colliding with the fence and other objects. The a/c came to rest righy side up in a construction area with damage to the right wing and right horizontal stabilizer. (-19)on April 1, 2001, at 1445 hours PDT, a Cessna 172M, N9572H, collided with a fence during an aborted landing attempt on runway 12 at the north Las Vegas airport, Las Vegas, Nevada, and came to rest upright in a construction area on the airport. The airplane sustained substantial damage. West air aviation operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR part 91. The private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal cross-country flight that departed the scottsdale, AZ. Airport about 1230. The flight was scheduled to terminate at the north Las Vegas airport. A visual flight rules flight plan had been filed. A FAA inspector interviewed the pilot. The pilot stated that the landing was normal. On the landing rollout the airplane veered to the right. He attempted to counteract the movement to the right with left rudder input. The airplane continued off the urnway, and he added power in an attempt to takeoff. The pilot stated that as the airplane became airborne with full left rudder input, the airplane went to the left of the runway. The right wing struck a metal fence and the airplane came to rest upright in a construction area on the airport. The north Las Vegas (vgt) aviation routeine weather report (METAR) issued at 1420 reported; visibility 10 miles and clear skies; wind from 180 degrees at 12 knots; temperature 84 degrees fahrenheit; dew point 37 degrees fahrenheit; and altimeter 29.65 inhg. At 1444, the iwnd conditions were updated. Winds were reported from 220 degrees at 13 knots, gusting to 20 knots.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 12 WITH GUSTY CROSS WIND CONDITIONS. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, A GUST CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO WEATHERVANE TO THE RIGHT AND HEAD FOR A DITCH OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL RUDDER WITH NO RESPONSE. HE THEN ADDED FULL POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND WITH THE RUDDER INPUT STILL APPLIED. THE AIRPLANE LEFT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND WENT OVER A FENCE, COLLIDING WITH THE FENCE AND OTHER OBJECTS. THE A/C CAME TO REST RIGHY SIDE UP IN A CONSTRUCTION AREA WITH DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING AND RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. (-19)ON APRIL 1, 2001, AT 1445 HOURS PDT, A CESSNA 172M, N9572H, COLLIDED WITH A FENCE DURING AN ABORTED LANDING ATTEMPT ON RUNWAY 12 AT THE NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT IN A CONSTRUCTION AREA ON THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. WEST AIR AVIATION OPERATED THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED THE SCOTTSDALE, AZ. AIRPORT ABOUT 1230. THE FLIGHT WAS SCHEDULED TO TERMINATE AT THE NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT. A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. A FAA INSPECTOR INTERVIEWED THE PILOT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LANDING WAS NORMAL. ON THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE RIGHT. HE ATTEMPTED TO COUNTERACT THE MOVEMENT TO THE RIGHT WITH LEFT RUDDER INPUT. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED OFF THE URNWAY, AND HE ADDED POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO TAKEOFF. THE PILOT STATED THAT AS THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE WITH FULL LEFT RUDDER INPUT, THE AIRPLANE WENT TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A METAL FENCE AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST UPRIGHT IN A CONSTRUCTION AREA ON THE AIRPORT. THE NORTH LAS VEGAS (VGT) AVIATION ROUTEINE WEATHER REPORT (METAR) ISSUED AT 1420 REPORTED; VISIBILITY 10 MILES AND CLEAR SKIES; WIND FROM 180 DEGREES AT 12 KNOTS; TEMPERATURE 84 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT; DEW POINT 37 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT; AND ALTIMETER 29.65 INHG. AT 1444, THE IWND CONDITIONS WERE UPDATED. WINDS WERE REPORTED FROM 220 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS.
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