ENGLEWOOD, CO, USA
N66TY
NORTH AMERICAN AT-6G
PLT MADE TWO UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO LAND ON RWY 26 BUT DISCONTINUED EACH APPROACH BECAUSE OF UNFAVORABLE WINDS. WINDS WERE REPORTED TO BE 220 DEG AT 20 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KTS. PLT THEN MADE TWO UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO LAND ON RWY 17L. ON THIRD ATTEMPT PLT SELECTED 10 DEG OF FLAPS & MADE WHEEL LANDING. WITNESSES SAID WIND RAISED RIGHT WING & ACFT DEPARTED LEFT SIDE OF RWY. PLT ADDED FULL POWER. ACFT BOUNCED, BECAME AIRBORNE, & BEGAN TO STALL. PLT CLOSED THROTTLE. ACFT COLLIDED WITH PARKED ACFT. PLT SAID AS HE APPLIED FULL POWER 'VIOLENT' WIND GUST CAUSED HIS FEET TO SLIP OFF RUDDER PEDALS.
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