NORMAN, OK, USA
N20129
CESSNA 172M
PILOT RETRACTED FLAPS DURING GO AROUND AND AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO TREES AND WAS DESTROYED. FRONT SEAT OCCUPANTS WERE NOT WEARING THE AVAILABLE SHOULDER HARNESSES. THE ACFT WAS LANDING WITH A QUARTERING TAILWIND. DUE TO SERIOUS HEAD INJURIES THE PLT NEVER COMPLETED HIS ACC REPORT. A PASSENGER REPORTED THAT THE PLT RETRACTED THE FLAPS JUST OVER THE TREES AND THE ACFT SETTLED INTO THEM. THE INVESTIGATORS ELEVATION DRAWING OF THE ACC SHOWS THE ACFT OVER THE TREES AND THEN DESCENDING INTO THEM. NO MALFUNCTIONS OF THE ACFT WERE REPORTED OR DISCOVERED DURING THE INVESTIGATION.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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