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C172 pilot reported that during a go-around the aircraft's poor climb performance resulted in close proximity to trees and houses.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1755482 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202008 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 100 Vertical 100 |
Narrative:
The problem occurred on short final when a small gust of wind made me slightly above a stable altitude; then above the runway number/threshold I floated in ground effect until half of the runway was up and decided to go around. If I had touched down at that point I would have run off the runway. After deciding to go around; the OAT was too hot to climb at a normal rate and there were 3 total people in the aircraft making the aircraft's climb rate lower than normal. These factors caused the aircraft to not climb enough to clear the tree line so I maneuvered through a gap in the tree and 100-200ft AGL over houses to avoid crashing and stalling the aircraft.after analyzing the situation; I realize I should've made the go around decision at the gust of wind and/or at the runway threshold to safely clear the trees.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172 pilot reported that during a go-around the aircraft's poor climb performance resulted in close proximity to trees and houses.
Narrative: The problem occurred on short final when a small gust of wind made me slightly above a stable altitude; then above the runway number/threshold I floated in ground effect until half of the runway was up and decided to go around. If I had touched down at that point I would have run off the runway. After deciding to go around; the OAT was too hot to climb at a normal rate and there were 3 total people in the aircraft making the aircraft's climb rate lower than normal. These factors caused the aircraft to not climb enough to clear the tree line so I maneuvered through a gap in the tree and 100-200ft AGL over houses to avoid crashing and stalling the aircraft.After analyzing the situation; I realize I should've made the go around decision at the gust of wind and/or at the runway threshold to safely clear the trees.
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.