A student pilot in a C152 mismanaged altitude control turning final and brushed tree tops prior to g...

Attributes
ACN	1314552
Time
Date	201512
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 152
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 27 Flight Crew Total 29 Flight Crew Type 29
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

I turned final and noticed I was losing altitude very quickly and the trees were getting close. I decided to start go-around procedures. During the process I could hear the trees scrape against the plane. Afterwards I flew to [the] VOR and never felt the aircraft act any different than before the incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A student pilot in a C152 mismanaged altitude control turning final and brushed tree tops prior to going around.

Narrative: I turned final and noticed I was losing altitude very quickly and the trees were getting close. I decided to start go-around procedures. During the process I could hear the trees scrape against the plane. Afterwards I flew to [the] VOR and never felt the aircraft act any different than before the incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.