What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Mrs. Paul returned to land. On descent she encountered turbulence beginning at about 1500 feet AGL which grew worse in the patter. Mrs. Paul made her final approach carrying some extra airpseed and power because of the conditions and she intended to land about 1/3 of the way down the runway to avoid rotor from the hangars on the upwind side of the first 1/3 of the runway. She continued to experience severe turbulence on final and decied to descend more rapidly once past the runway numbers in the hope the air would be smoother. It wasn't up until this point and despite the rought air the airacraft was well under control but at about fifty feet she encountered a gust that pushed her right of the runway centerline. She corrected back to the left but the aircraft suddenly becam uncontrolable in what was described as a large downdraft.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) MRS. PAUL RETURNED TO LAND. ON DESCENT SHE ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE BEGINNING AT ABOUT 1500 FEET AGL WHICH GREW WORSE IN THE PATTER. MRS. PAUL MADE HER FINAL APPROACH CARRYING SOME EXTRA AIRPSEED AND POWER BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS AND SHE INTENDED TO LAND ABOUT 1/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY TO AVOID ROTOR FROM THE HANGARS ON THE UPWIND SIDE OF THE FIRST 1/3 OF THE RUNWAY. SHE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE SEVERE TURBULENCE ON FINAL AND DECIED TO DESCEND MORE RAPIDLY ONCE PAST THE RUNWAY NUMBERS IN THE HOPE THE AIR WOULD BE SMOOTHER. IT WASN'T UP UNTIL THIS POINT AND DESPITE THE ROUGHT AIR THE AIRACRAFT WAS WELL UNDER CONTROL BUT AT ABOUT FIFTY FEET SHE ENCOUNTERED A GUST THAT PUSHED HER RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. SHE CORRECTED BACK TO THE LEFT BUT THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY BECAM UNCONTROLABLE IN WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A LARGE DOWNDRAFT.
NTSB investigation
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