| Crash location | 37.016667°N, 110.200556°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect. |
| Nearest city | Monument Valley, UT
37.080400°N, 110.451500°W 14.5 miles away |
| Tail number | N888TL |
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| Accident date | 17 Jul 2010 |
| Aircraft type | Leonard Trudy Kitfox Iii |
| Additional details: | None |
The pilot reported that during landing and just before touch down the wind shifted to a tailwind. The airplane landed hard and bounced back into the air. The pilot added full power in an attempt to execute a go-around. He stated that the airplane failed to climb and drifted off to the left side of the runway until the left wing hit the ground resulting in the airplane flipping over. The pilot reported that there were no malfunctions with the airplane prior to the accident.
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind effects and failure to maintain directional control during an attempted go-around from a landing.