Narrative:

[Another] pilot and I were trying to practice touch and goes in a local airport. I did my bgump checklist on 45 and downwind each time verbally. I have set up for final. On short final; I realized that the plane was still crabbing instead of being straight. I did not like the way the plane was lining up and decided to go-around before touchdown. The airspeed was about 70 knots about 50 feet above the ground. I put the full power on throttle and tried to pitch for go-around. As soon as I put the full power; the stall horn started going off and I felt that the plane is not climbing at all. I tried to pitch a little down to get some more airspeed and break the stall horn. The plane sank even more and lost more altitude. I was confused and thought it could be the drag from full flap position. I retracted the flap to 25 degrees but nothing changed and stall horn was still going off and kept sinking to the ground. The plane did not feel like it was getting the full power at all. We got drifted to the left side of the runway and I was still fighting to break the stalling condition adjusting pitch but not too much forward because I realized that we were very low and too much pitch down will result in crashing to the ground. A few seconds later; I told my fellow pilot [that] something is wrong [and] it won't climb and then my friend immediately took the yoke and tried to break the stall. [My friend] was trying to pitch down little by little to gain more airspeed. A few more seconds later; he tried pitching down even further and that caused the plane to [land] off the runway. The engine stopped immediately and the impact was not very hard. It almost felt like a sudden stop in a car. We got out and saw the plane in the grass and ground with nosewheel collapsed and the two blades of propellers got sucked in the ground. My fellow pilot also said the plane was not getting enough power for a go-around and there was no way we could climb. I am still not sure what had happened and hoping to find a clearer explanation. I regret that I did not transition to soft landing when I realized that the plane cannot climb instead of fixated on go around and climb. Also; I could have used more right rudder to stop the plane from getting off from runway.

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Title: Piper Arrow pilot reported being unable to climb following a go-around and losing speed control on short final resulting in a ground strike.

Narrative: [Another] pilot and I were trying to practice touch and goes in a local airport. I did my BGUMP checklist on 45 and downwind each time verbally. I have set up for final. On short final; I realized that the plane was still crabbing instead of being straight. I did not like the way the plane was lining up and decided to go-around before touchdown. The airspeed was about 70 knots about 50 feet above the ground. I put the full power on throttle and tried to pitch for go-around. As soon as I put the full power; the stall horn started going off and I felt that the plane is not climbing at all. I tried to pitch a little down to get some more airspeed and break the stall horn. The plane sank even more and lost more altitude. I was confused and thought it could be the drag from full flap position. I retracted the flap to 25 degrees but nothing changed and stall horn was still going off and kept sinking to the ground. The plane did not feel like it was getting the full power at all. We got drifted to the left side of the runway and I was still fighting to break the stalling condition adjusting pitch but not too much forward because I realized that we were very low and too much pitch down will result in crashing to the ground. A few seconds later; I told my fellow pilot [that] something is wrong [and] it won't climb and then my friend immediately took the yoke and tried to break the stall. [My friend] was trying to pitch down little by little to gain more airspeed. A few more seconds later; he tried pitching down even further and that caused the plane to [land] off the runway. The engine stopped immediately and the impact was not very hard. It almost felt like a sudden stop in a car. We got out and saw the plane in the grass and ground with nosewheel collapsed and the two blades of propellers got sucked in the ground. My fellow pilot also said the plane was not getting enough power for a go-around and there was no way we could climb. I am still not sure what had happened and hoping to find a clearer explanation. I regret that I did not transition to soft landing when I realized that the plane cannot climb instead of fixated on go around and climb. Also; I could have used more right rudder to stop the plane from getting off from runway.

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