MOOSE RIVER, ME, USA
N3821Q
CESSNA 172L
THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR & STALLED ON FINAL APPROACH, WHICH RESULTED IN A BOUNCED LANDING, THEN THE PLANE SETTLED AND BOUNCED AGAIN. HE REPORTED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND, BUT COULD NOT GET THE ACFT TO ACCELERATE TO CLIMB SPEED. DURING THE ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND, THE ACFT STRUCK TREES & CRASHED. THE PLT ESTIMATED THE WIND WAS FROM 270 DEG AT 20, GUSTING 30 KTS. THE INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR LANDED IN A CESSNA 172, APRX 1 HR AFTER THE ACCIDENT. HE NOTED THAT THE WIND CONDITIONS WERE THE SAME AS WHAT WAS REPORTED BY THE PLT, EXCEPT THE INSPECTOR DID NOT ENCOUNTER WIND SHEAR.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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