What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The pilot stated he landed the airplane using his normal technique--a 3-point, nose-high attitude, with the conventional/tailwheel aircraft. Although the aircraft initially settled to the ground, it apparently still had enough airspeed to become at least partially airborne again. The pilot attempted to correct the high pitch attitude and imminent hard landing using substantial power without decreasing the angle of attack, which resulted in an uncontrollable aircraft. It appears several impacts with the ground resulted from the application of maximum power with the wing in a stalled condition from which a normal recovery was impossible. Surface winds were insignificant.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT STATED HE LANDED THE AIRPLANE USING HIS NORMAL TECHNIQUE--A 3-POINT, NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE, WITH THE CONVENTIONAL/TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT. ALTHOUGH THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY SETTLED TO THE GROUND, IT APPARENTLY STILL HAD ENOUGH AIRSPEED TO BECOME AT LEAST PARTIALLY AIRBORNE AGAIN. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE HIGH PITCH ATTITUDE AND IMMINENT HARD LANDING USING SUBSTANTIAL POWER WITHOUT DECREASING THE ANGLE OF ATTACK, WHICH RESULTED IN AN UNCONTROLLABLE AIRCRAFT. IT APPEARS SEVERAL IMPACTS WITH THE GROUND RESULTED FROM THE APPLICATION OF MAXIMUM POWER WITH THE WING IN A STALLED CONDITION FROM WHICH A NORMAL RECOVERY WAS IMPOSSIBLE. SURFACE WINDS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.