Flight Details
While en route to Oklahoma City, the pilot of the airplane permitted a pilot-rated passenger to practice touch-and-go landings at Jones Memorial Airport, Oklahoma. The pilot-rated passenger was manipulating the controls and occupying the left seat.
Accident Sequence
The pilot-rated passenger flared high, causing the airplane to bounce twice. On the second bounce, the airplane veered across the runway. The pilot, who was in the right seat, announced that he was taking over the controls to initiate a go-around. During the go-around, the pilot turned the airplane left, applied full power, and lifted the flap lever intending to retract 10 degrees of the 40 degrees set for landing. However, the pilot inadvertently retracted more than 10 degrees. The airplane drifted left of the runway and descended until the right wing tip struck the ground. The pilot made a correction to the left, but the airplane stalled and pivoted nearly 180 degrees before coming to rest approximately 100 yards east of the runway.
Environmental and Wreckage Information
The pilot reported the wind to be from 120 degrees at 7-10 knots. The investigator calculated the density altitude to be 3,278 feet at the time of the accident. Examination of the wreckage indicated, from the position of the flap actuator, that the flaps were in the retracted position.