What happened
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(-23) Pilot attempted landing after a thirty to forty minute local area flight, under VFR conditions, with one passenger, to their residential Private grass landing strip heading due north. Winds were calm. Pilot perceived aircraft was descending long; well past the halfway point and attempted a missed approach manuever. On climb out aircraft contacted trees approximately 400 feet beyond north end of runway. Aircraft stalled and settled into heavily wooded area approximately one eighth of a mile beyond the grass strip. Pilot reported aircraft performing well. Aircraft remained upright, with left wing severed and resting next to fuselage, right elevator severed and resting near tailboom. Aircraft wreckage remained within an area radius of approximately 20/25 feet, with the exception of the left crew door discovered 120 feet south. Tree damage appears to begin approximately 100/120 feet to the south of the fuselage wreckage. As aircraft descended to approximately 30/35 feet above ground propellers and left hand wing contacted two large oak trees and aircraft fell with little forward momentum remaining. Propellers were bent and tips broken, from contact with trees under power.n
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING AFTER A THIRTY TO FORTY MINUTE LOCAL AREA FLIGHT, UNDER VFR CONDITIONS, WITH ONE PASSENGER, TO THEIR RESIDENTIAL PRIVATE GRASS LANDING STRIP HEADING DUE NORTH. WINDS WERE CALM. PILOT PERCEIVED AIRCRAFT WAS DESCENDING LONG; WELL PAST THE HALFWAY POINT AND ATTEMPTED A MISSED APPROACH MANUEVER. ON CLIMB OUT AIRCRAFT CONTACTED TREES APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET BEYOND NORTH END OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT STALLED AND SETTLED INTO HEAVILY WOODED AREA APPROXIMATELY ONE EIGHTH OF A MILE BEYOND THE GRASS STRIP. PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT PERFORMING WELL. AIRCRAFT REMAINED UPRIGHT, WITH LEFT WING SEVERED AND RESTING NEXT TO FUSELAGE, RIGHT ELEVATOR SEVERED AND RESTING NEAR TAILBOOM. AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE REMAINED WITHIN AN AREA RADIUS OF APPROXIMATELY 20/25 FEET, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LEFT CREW DOOR DISCOVERED 120 FEET SOUTH. TREE DAMAGE APPEARS TO BEGIN APPROXIMATELY 100/120 FEET TO THE SOUTH OF THE FUSELAGE WRECKAGE. AS AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TO APPROXIMATELY 30/35 FEET ABOVE GROUND PROPELLERS AND LEFT HAND WING CONTACTED TWO LARGE OAK TREES AND AIRCRAFT FELL WITH LITTLE FORWARD MOMENTUM REMAINING. PROPELLERS WERE BENT AND TIPS BROKEN, FROM CONTACT WITH TREES UNDER POWER.N
NTSB investigation
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