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NTSB Identification: CHI08CA174.
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14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Monday, June 30, 2008 in Greenwood, IL
Aircraft: Piper PA-28-180, registration: N4433T
Injuries: 3 Uninjured.
The flight instructor reported that during final approach the airplane drifted off the left side of the runway after encountering a wind gust. He told the student pilot to initiate a go-around. As the student pilot increased engine power for the go-around the airplane pitched-up and then rolled to the left. The flight instructor assumed flight control of the airplane, but the airplane impacted left-wing low off the left side of the runway. The airplane cartwheeled and both wings separated from the airplane. The local area winds were out of the north-northwest at 10 knots, gusting 17 knots. The flight instructor reported that the local topography produced a "strong wind current" that contributed to the accident.
Thanks goodness no one was hurt. As you can see from the pictures it was a miracle that no one was. The plane if of course destroyed. No one at the FBO knew this happened as it was on the far end of the field, until the people walked into the office and said they had the accident.