What happened
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PIC and CFI were flying for the purposes of completing a flight activity in the wings program, A070405-07 worksheet asel ? Takeoffs, landings, and go arounds. Successful completion of this flight activity would have completed a wings phase for the PIC that would then constitute a flight review. While performing a short field approach at Princeton (pnm) the CFI called go-around due to low altitude, power was applied but the PIC was unable to arrest the descent and the aircraft touched down in the grass 250 feet short of the runway pointed 30 degrees left of the runway centerline. While on the ground the aircraft crossed a taxi way, struck multiple taxi lights, went down a small gully and up a berm before striking a tree with the right wing tip. PIC and CFI shut down aircraft and exited with no injuries. Damage to the aircraft included the leading edge of the left wing, bottom of left wing, left aileron, left flap, leading edge of left stabilator, and right wing tip including damage to right wing skin and outboard rib. Aircraft was recovered and towed to a hangar. PIC was counseled following the accident over the topics below: preflight planning, performance and limitations, pilot technique, airplane configuration, airport environments, short field approach and landings as well as go-arounds and rejected landings. We also discussed low altitude maneuvering and cfit. It was discussed that reviewing the procedures, risks, limitations and outlining the differences between the normal and short field landings during the pre-flight briefing would have been very beneficial.
As the FAA filed it
PIC AND CFI WERE FLYING FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMPLETING A FLIGHT ACTIVITY IN THE WINGS PROGRAM, A070405-07 WORKSHEET ASEL ? TAKEOFFS, LANDINGS, AND GO AROUNDS. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS FLIGHT ACTIVITY WOULD HAVE COMPLETED A WINGS PHASE FOR THE PIC THAT WOULD THEN CONSTITUTE A FLIGHT REVIEW. WHILE PERFORMING A SHORT FIELD APPROACH AT PRINCETON (PNM) THE CFI CALLED GO-AROUND DUE TO LOW ALTITUDE, POWER WAS APPLIED BUT THE PIC WAS UNABLE TO ARREST THE DESCENT AND THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE GRASS 250 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY POINTED 30 DEGREES LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. WHILE ON THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED A TAXI WAY, STRUCK MULTIPLE TAXI LIGHTS, WENT DOWN A SMALL GULLY AND UP A BERM BEFORE STRIKING A TREE WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP. PIC AND CFI SHUT DOWN AIRCRAFT AND EXITED WITH NO INJURIES. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING, BOTTOM OF LEFT WING, LEFT AILERON, LEFT FLAP, LEADING EDGE OF LEFT STABILATOR, AND RIGHT WING TIP INCLUDING DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING SKIN AND OUTBOARD RIB. AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED AND TOWED TO A HANGAR. PIC WAS COUNSELED FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT OVER THE TOPICS BELOW: PREFLIGHT PLANNING, PERFORMANCE AND LIMITATIONS, PILOT TECHNIQUE, AIRPLANE CONFIGURATION, AIRPORT ENVIRONMENTS, SHORT FIELD APPROACH AND LANDINGS AS WELL AS GO-AROUNDS AND REJECTED LANDINGS. WE ALSO DISCUSSED LOW ALTITUDE MANEUVERING AND CFIT. IT WAS DISCUSSED THAT REVIEWING THE PROCEDURES, RISKS, LIMITATIONS AND OUTLINING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NORMAL AND SHORT FIELD LANDINGS DURING THE PRE-FLIGHT BRIEFING WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL.
NTSB investigation
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