MEADOW LAKE, NM, USA
N5895D
PIPER PA-18
ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE PLT MAKE A X-WIND APCH FOR A LANDING FROM WEST TO EAST IN WINDS THAT WERE FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 12 MPH. REPORTEDLY THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE RIGHT WING HIGH, THEN THE PLT APPLIED POWER & INITIATED A GO-AROUND AT ABOUT MIDFIELD. THE ACFT LIFTED OFF AT A SLOW SPEED & IMMEDIATELY TURNED NORTH, THEN TURNED BACK RIGHT TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST. ONE WITNESS STATED THAT THE ACFT WAS FLYING ABOUT 30 TO 40 FT OFF THE GROUND WHEN THE NOSE ROSE SHARPLY & THE ACFT ASCENDED TO ABOUT 100 FT AGL. THE ACFT THEN ENTERED A STEEP DESCENT & CRASHED. NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE DENSITY ALT AT THE ARPT WAS CALCULATED TO BE 8158 FT.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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