What happened
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10/02/2010 - James woolace landed his Piper PA-12 at Chena hotsprings air strip. Upon touch down the winds were changing directions and the wind sock was unstable, the wind caused the aircraft to be pushed to the left side of the strip. James decided this was not a good thing and firewalled the throttle to perform a go around, causing the aircraft to ground loop to the left. As the tail swung around the propeller and nose cone contacted the gravel. The aircraft now traveling backwards ended up in the gravel embankment near the stream. The left wing sustained major damaged and the right wing tip has a hole in it. Subtantial damage to the empanage occured when the aircraft encountered the gravel embankment tail first, the main landing gear also bent forward due to the reverse motion of the aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
10/02/2010 - JAMES WOOLACE LANDED HIS PIPER PA-12 AT CHENA HOTSPRINGS AIR STRIP. UPON TOUCH DOWN THE WINDS WERE CHANGING DIRECTIONS AND THE WIND SOCK WAS UNSTABLE, THE WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BE PUSHED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STRIP. JAMES DECIDED THIS WAS NOT A GOOD THING AND FIREWALLED THE THROTTLE TO PERFORM A GO AROUND, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP TO THE LEFT. AS THE TAIL SWUNG AROUND THE PROPELLER AND NOSE CONE CONTACTED THE GRAVEL. THE AIRCRAFT NOW TRAVELING BACKWARDS ENDED UP IN THE GRAVEL EMBANKMENT NEAR THE STREAM. THE LEFT WING SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGED AND THE RIGHT WING TIP HAS A HOLE IN IT. SUBTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE EMPANAGE OCCURED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED THE GRAVEL EMBANKMENT TAIL FIRST, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR ALSO BENT FORWARD DUE TO THE REVERSE MOTION OF THE AIRCRAFT.
NTSB investigation
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