Incident Overview
During a cross-country flight of approximately 30 minutes, the pilot arrived at the destination airport and observed that the wind sock was not functioning. She then adopted the traffic pattern established by another aircraft already in the pattern for runway 35.
Approach and Landing
On final approach, the pilot determined she was high and elected to extend full flaps to land. After touching down, during the landing roll, she decided to retract the flaps and apply full power to perform a go-around.
Go-Around and Attempted Landing
After becoming airborne, and following an insufficient gain of altitude, she chose to land on the remaining runway. By this time, the aircraft was three-quarters of the way down the available runway, which is 4,009 feet long.
Accident Sequence
The airplane overran the runway surface, rolled through a three-foot-deep ditch, and struck a fence. The closest weather observation facility, located approximately 25 miles southeast of the accident site, reported wind from 180 degrees at 6 knots.