# Accident 19970425006659A: Cessna 172P, San Jose, CA, April 25, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1997, 13:42 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: San Jose International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3400° N, 121.9008° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3400&lon=-121.9008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63754, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63754-1998-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA167) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970425006659A

## Narrative

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

SOLO FLIGHT, LOST CONTROL ATTEMPTING GO AROUND, LEFT WING HIT GROUND, CARTWHEELED FOLLOW A STALL. RETRACTED FLAPS. (.4)THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING THE STUDENT'S FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT, WHICH WAS OBSERVED BY THE STUDENT'S CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.  THE STUDENT'S FIRST TWO ATTEMPTED LANDINGS TERMINATED IN GO-AROUNDS.  DURING THE NEXT TWO APPROACHES THE STUDENT PERFORMED TOUCH-AND-GO'S, AND THE FIFTH APPROACH TERMINATED WITH ANOTHER GO-AROUND.  THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING THE FOLLOWING ATTEMPTED LANDING.  THE STUDENT MADE A HARD BOUNCED TOUCHDOWN, BALLOONED 50 TO 75 FEET INTO THE AIR AND ATTEMPTED TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND.  THE STUDENT REDUCED THE WING FLAP SETTING, INCREASED THE ANGLE OF ATTACK, AND THE AIRPLANE STALLED AND ROLLED INTO A STEEP LEFT BANK AND DESCENDED UNTIL CONTACTING THE GROUND. THEREAFTER, IT CARTWHEELED AND CAME TO REST IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE IN AN OPEN FIELD NEAR THE CONTROL TOWER.  THE STUDENT INDICATED THAT HE SHOULD NOT HAVE RETRACTED THE WING FLAPS SO QUICKLY WHILE INITIATING THE GO-AROUND.

## 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 LAX97LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA167), Apr 25, 1997: Cessna 172P (N63754), San Jose, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed to preclude stalling following an improper recovery from a bounced landing. Contributing factors were the pilot's premature and excessive…

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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