# Accident 19970831024959A: Cessna 172M, Lawrenceville, GA, August 31, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1997, 13:40 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, GA
- Airport: Gwinnett County-Briscoe Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 33.9720° N, 83.9782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9720&lon=-83.9782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9625V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9625V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL97LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970831024959A

## Narrative

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

PILOT PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD, BOUNCED UP, APPEARED TO STALL BEFORE CRASHING. (-23) STUDENT PILOT PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD, BOUNCED UP (LOST CONTROL). STALL BEFORE COMING TO REST ON RUNWAY.

## 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 ATL97LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA128), Aug 31, 1997: Cessna 172M (N9625V), Lawrenceville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper go-around technique that resulted in an inadvertent stall. A factor was a premature flare for landing.

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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