4NM W OF BORING, OR, USA
N53079
CESSNA A185F
THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH 3 MAJOR OBJECTS, A TREE, A HOUSE AND A MOTOR HOME DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND. THE PILOT HAD ATTEMPTED A LANDING ON A SOFT SHORT DIRT ROAD NEAR HIS HOME. THE LENGTH OF THE ROAD WAS 462 FT. HE LANDED 74 FT SHORT OFMARKERS AT THE PLANNED TOUCHDOWN POINT. THE PASSENGER SAID IT WAS QUICKLY APPARENT THAT THEY COULD NOT STOP IN TIME. THEPILOT RETRACTED THE FLAPS TO 20 DEGREES AND APPLIED FULL POWER. THE ACFT LEFT THE GROUND 71 FT BEFORE THE END OF THE ROAD. THE TREE WAS ABOUT 125 FT AWAY AND WAS 16 FT TALL. THE ACFT HIT AT ABOUT 8 FT AGL. IT THEN HIT THE HOUSE ABOUT 25 FT AWAY AND PART OF THE ACFT STAYED THERE (THE TAIL SECTION AND PART OF THE FUSELAGE). THE FORWARD CABIN/COCKPIT AREA AND WINGS HIT THE MOTOR HOME AND CONTINUED ON IN THE YARD ABOUT ANOTHER 125 FT. THE TWO OCCUPANTS AND THEIR SEATS WERE THROWN OUT OF THE COCKPIT AND CAME TO REST NEAR THE FORWARD PORTION OF THE ACFT. THE PILOT DIED OF HIS INJURIES. THE PASSENGER RECEIVED ONLY MINOR INJURIES.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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