Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Crew Private
Situational Awareness; Training / Qualification
Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
The problem occurred on short final when a small gust of wind made me slightly above a stable altitude; then above the runway number/threshold I floated in ground effect until half of the runway was up and decided to go around. If I had touched down at that point I would have run off the runway. After deciding to go around; the OAT was too hot to climb at a normal rate and there were 3 total people in the aircraft making the aircraft's climb rate lower than normal. These factors caused the aircraft to not climb enough to clear the tree line so I maneuvered through a gap in the tree and 100-200ft AGL over houses to avoid crashing and stalling the aircraft.After analyzing the situation; I realize I should've made the go around decision at the gust of wind and/or at the runway threshold to safely clear the trees.
C172 pilot reported that during a go-around the aircraft's poor climb performance resulted in close proximity to trees and houses.