Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary CHI88LA098

PINCONNING, MI, USA

Aircraft #1

N6126G

CESSNA 150K

Analysis

THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A HANGAR AND A TREE DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND AT GROSS AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FLARED TOO HIGH AND FAILED TO CORRECT THE LEFT YAW WHEN HE ADDED POWER. THE RESULTANT FLIGHT PATH WAS DIRECTLY INTO TREES WHICH HE FELT HE WOULD NOT HAVE CLEARED, SO HE PUSHED THE NOSE OVER, IMPACTED THE GROUND COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR,AND SLID 20 TO 30 FEET. THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE CORNER OF A HANGAR, AND THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A TREE.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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