What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The event occurred at plum island airport (2B2) in Newburyport, Massachusetts at 1240 pm. The airman departed portland, Maine to plum island. The airman entered mid-field and crossed runway 28/10 at 1100 feet to enter a left crosswind for runway 28. The airman made an approach at 65 knots fully configured for landing.
According to the airman's statements, "after going over the threshold plane started to descend and drift left at that point I decided to do a go-around and gave it full power as I was no longer above the paved runway. My left rear main wheel struck the grass next to the runway as I was departing however the plane was not gaining altitude and continued to go left. I put flaps up hoping to gain altitude for the go-around and the plane was not responding I was not ascending and the stall alarm was going off. I then I pushed the yoke forward to avoid a stall and struck the grass runway and then into the trees."
Based on the investigation, no markings were found on the runway or in the vicinity of the runway such as scraps, or tire marks. The main wheels first made contact with the ground half-way down the runway and 200 yards to the left of runway 28 in the direction of the thick brush and wooded area. 20 feet past the first wheel marks, multiple propeller strikes are visible in the soft ground, and more wheel marks before the Aircraft made contact with thick brush. The Aircraft was embedded 5 feet into thick brush at a pitch of approximately 10 degrees nose down. The Aircraft propeller was tore from the hub and found under the Aircraft. The nose wheel was found 8 feet in front of the airframe.
The Aircraft incurred substantial damage to the propeller, engine, wings, wing spar, landing gear, and fuselage skin. The airman was uninjured.
As the FAA filed it
THE EVENT OCCURRED AT PLUM ISLAND AIRPORT (2B2) IN NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS AT 1240 PM. THE AIRMAN DEPARTED PORTLAND, MAINE TO PLUM ISLAND. THE AIRMAN ENTERED MID-FIELD AND CROSSED RUNWAY 28/10 AT 1100 FEET TO ENTER A LEFT CROSSWIND FOR RUNWAY 28. THE AIRMAN MADE AN APPROACH AT 65 KNOTS FULLY CONFIGURED FOR LANDING.
ACCORDING TO THE AIRMAN'S STATEMENTS, "AFTER GOING OVER THE THRESHOLD PLANE STARTED TO DESCEND AND DRIFT LEFT AT THAT POINT I DECIDED TO DO A GO-AROUND AND GAVE IT FULL POWER AS I WAS NO LONGER ABOVE THE PAVED RUNWAY. MY LEFT REAR MAIN WHEEL STRUCK THE GRASS NEXT TO THE RUNWAY AS I WAS DEPARTING HOWEVER THE PLANE WAS NOT GAINING ALTITUDE AND CONTINUED TO GO LEFT. I PUT FLAPS UP HOPING TO GAIN ALTITUDE FOR THE GO-AROUND AND THE PLANE WAS NOT RESPONDING I WAS NOT ASCENDING AND THE STALL ALARM WAS GOING OFF. I THEN I PUSHED THE YOKE FORWARD TO AVOID A STALL AND STRUCK THE GRASS RUNWAY AND THEN INTO THE TREES."
BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION, NO MARKINGS WERE FOUND ON THE RUNWAY OR IN THE VICINITY OF THE RUNWAY SUCH AS SCRAPS, OR TIRE MARKS. THE MAIN WHEELS FIRST MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND HALF-WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY AND 200 YARDS TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 28 IN THE DIRECTION OF THE THICK BRUSH AND WOODED AREA. 20 FEET PAST THE FIRST WHEEL MARKS, MULTIPLE PROPELLER STRIKES ARE VISIBLE IN THE SOFT GROUND, AND MORE WHEEL MARKS BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THICK BRUSH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EMBEDDED 5 FEET INTO THICK BRUSH AT A PITCH OF APPROXIMATELY 10 DEGREES NOSE DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER WAS TORE FROM THE HUB AND FOUND UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. THE NOSE WHEEL WAS FOUND 8 FEET IN FRONT OF THE AIRFRAME.
THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE, WINGS, WING SPAR, LANDING GEAR, AND FUSELAGE SKIN. THE AIRMAN WAS UNINJURED.
NTSB investigation
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