Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary NYC85LA160

NEWPORT, NH, USA

Aircraft #1

N9977E

CESSNA 182P

Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND FOLLOWING A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE PLT WAS ADVISED BY UNICOM THAT A 'BIT OF A CROSSWIND' EXISTED AT THE ARPT. THE PLT INITIATED A GO-AROUND AFTER A GUST OF WIND WAS MISALIGNED THE ACFT DURING THE LANDING FLARE. ANOTHER GUST WAS ENCOUNTERED DURING THE GO-AROUND AND THE ACFT WAS BLOWN LEFT OF THE RWY WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH TREES.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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