# Accident 19970410005689A: Cessna 172N, Lawrenceville, GA, April 10, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1997, 09:18 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, GA
- Airport: Gwinnett County-Briscoe Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9781° N, 83.9624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GWINNETT COUNTY/BRISCOE FLD (LZU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9781&lon=-83.9624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4874D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4874D-1999-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970410005689A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THIRD SOLO. ENCOUNTERED GUSTY WINDS ON APPROACH. TRIED GO AROUND. HIT BY GUST RAISING FLAPS. IMPACTED. NOSED OVER. (-23) PILOT PALMER WAS ON HIS SECOND SOLO FLIGHT AND HAD DEPARTED THE AIRPORT AREA APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES EARLIER.  THE WINDS WERE CALM AT DEPARTURE.  UPON RETURN TO THE AIRPORT WINDS INCREASED AND BECAME GUSTY. ON A SECOND LANDING THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHEN A HIGH GUST OF WIND STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RIGHT.  HE CRASHED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 7 CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA97LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA129), Apr 10, 1997: Cessna 172N (N4874D), Lawrenceville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a crosswind landing. The winds were a factor.

## Other reports on N4874D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19921007041269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921007041269A), Oct 7, 1992: Cessna 172N (N4874D), Apex, NC, Substantial damage. Tried go around near end of Private strip. Ran off end. Nosed over in a ditch. Factors downhill and downwind.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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