THE DTSB
The DTSB determines the Probable Cause of this accident to be Pilot Error, in that the pilot elected to make a downwind landing to a runway known as “one way in, one way out.” and then attempted a low energy go around into rising terrain. A witness, located outside the runway, reported that he initially observed the airplane make a downwind approach to runway 17 at an unusually high altitude. He watched as the airplane landed almost midfield. It appeared to be traveling fast with full flaps and touched down in a flat pitch attitude with almost no flare. The airplane then bounced two times while remaining in the same flat pitch attitude as it traveled down the runway. After the second bounce, with about ¼ of the runway length remaining, the nose aggressively dropped, and the airplane landed hard. It did not appear to slow down, and with the runway end approaching he heard the engine speed increase, and it became apparent the pilot was attempting a takeoff. The airplane then began to climb but with an aggressive nose up attitude such that he could see the full overhead profile of the airplane. The witness said that from his vantage point it appeared that the pilot was trying to avoid terrain at the end of the runway. The airplane then rolled left and descended behind the trees as the roll continued, and a few seconds later a fireball was observed emitting from the trees. The probable Cause of this accident is equally a non stabilized approach in conjunction with a messed up go around.