THE DTSB
The DTSB finds the Probable Cause of this accident to be Pilot Error, in that the pilot conducted a faster, un stabilized approach to this runway and was forced to go around. In his application of full power, the pilot allowed the nose to come up excessively and the aircraft stalled, and rolled right, impacting the terrain nearly vertical. A witness, located about one-quarter mile from the accident site, observed the airplane come up above a tree line in a climb. Shortly afterward, the airplane stopped climbing “all of a sudden”, rolled to the right, and entered a descent. The engine was loud and sounded like it was “really revving;” adding that it seemed to be wide open. A second witness, located about one-eight mile from the accident site, reported hearing the airplane engine “revved up”, decreased, and then “revved up” again, before it cutout. He did not hear the sound of the impact with the ground. The flight was being operated with a rated CFI and it is not clear who was flying the aircraft at the time of the accident.