What happened
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The sport pilot was inbound for landing on runway 19 at Lincoln Park Airport in a light sport Cessna-162 aircraft. VFR flight rules prevailed, with crosswinds from the west. According to witnesses, the aircraft appeared to be making a slightly high and fast approach. The aircraft flared to high above the runway and stalled on to the runway slightly to the left of the runway centerline, causing the aircraft to bounce. In an attempt to recover from the bounce the pilot added engine power which caused the aircraft to bounce a second time on to the grass to left of runway 19. The pilot then applied full engine power in an attempt to accomplish a go around. After applying full engine power the aircraft pitched upward into an extremely nose high attitude, and continued a momentary climb in a steep slipping turn to the left. The aircraft continued flight in this condition until leveling the wings a moment before impacting a line of trees paralleling the east side of the runway, three quarters of the way down runway 19.the aircraft was destroyed, damage to the front nose section, propeller, engine, nose gear, wing leading edges and fuselage. The pilot sustained minor injuries.
As the FAA filed it
THE SPORT PILOT WAS INBOUND FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 19 AT LINCOLN PARK AIRPORT IN A LIGHT SPORT CESSNA-162 AIRCRAFT. VFR FLIGHT RULES PREVAILED, WITH CROSSWINDS FROM THE WEST.ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE MAKING A SLIGHTLY HIGH AND FAST APPROACH. THE AIRCRAFT FLARED TO HIGH ABOVE THE RUNWAY AND STALLED ON TO THE RUNWAY SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE.IN AN ATTEMPT TO RECOVER FROM THE BOUNCE THE PILOT ADDED ENGINE POWER WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE A SECOND TIME ON TO THE GRASS TO LEFT OF RUNWAY 19. THE PILOT THEN APPLIED FULL ENGINE POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO ACCOMPLISH A GO AROUND. AFTER APPLYING FULL ENGINE POWER THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UPWARD INTO AN EXTREMELY NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, AND CONTINUED A MOMENTARY CLIMB IN A STEEP SLIPPING TURN TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FLIGHT IN THIS CONDITION UNTIL LEVELING THE WINGS A MOMENT BEFORE IMPACTING A LINE OF TREES PARALLELING THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY DOWN RUNWAY 19.THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, DAMAGE TO THE FRONT NOSE SECTION, PROPELLER, ENGINE, NOSE GEAR, WING LEADING EDGES AND FUSELAGE.THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.
NTSB investigation
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