# Accident 20170309005529A: Johnson Jerry WAG-AERO/SPT TRAINER, Hendersonville, NC, March 9, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2017, 17:00 local time
- Place: Hendersonville, NC
- Airport: Brown Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3933° N, 82.4036° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3933&lon=-82.4036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24188, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24188-2017-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Johnson Jerry WAG-AERO/SPT TRAINER (registry code 056021A, https://openairdocs.org/model/johnson-jerry-wag-aero-spt-trainer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JOHNSON JERRY WAG-AERO/SPT TRAINER
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 8 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170309005529A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING AT HIS HOME AIRPORT.  PILOT STATED THAT ON LANDING A WIND GUST PICKED UP HIS RIGHT WING AND HE CHOSE TO A GO AROUND.  DURING THE GO AROUND PROCEDURE THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB THE AIRCRAFT WITH AN EXTREMELY HIGH  ANGLE OF ATTACK.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO SEE OUT OF THE WINDSCREEN AND STRUCK A TREE.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE TREE CUTTING POWER LINES.  PILOT WAS ABLE TO EGRESS FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE DOWN POWER LINES CAUSED A FIRE ON THE GROUND WHICH SPREAD TO THE AIRCRAFT.  DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA17CA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA183), Mar 9, 2017: Johnson Jerry WAG Aero/SPT Trainer (N24188), Hendersonville, NC, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s unstabilized approach and failure to attain the proper touchdown point while attempting to land in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in an attempted go-around and collision…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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