# Accident 19971125034959A: Piper PA28161, Lawrenceville, GA, November 25, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1997, 11:55 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, GA
- Airport: Gwinnett County-Briscoe Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9842° N, 83.9465° 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=33.9842&lon=-83.9465&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39995, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39995) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL98LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971125034959A

## Narrative

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

AT END OF LANDING ROLL, AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OFF RUNWAY INTO AN EMBANKMENT.(-23) ON NOVEMBER 25, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 1155 LOCAL TIME, STEPHEN B. HAMMOCK, A STUDENT PILOT, CERTIFICATE NUMBER 2351042, WAS PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF A PIPER PA-28, REGISTRATION NUMBER N39995. HE WAS OPERATING UNDER FAR 61 ATTEMPTING TO COMPLETE HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. AFTER TWO TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS/TAKEOFFS, MR. HAMMOCK LANDED ON RUNWAY 7 AND VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY THE 2000 FOOT MARK, IT CONTINUED TO VEER TO THE LEFT UNTIL THE PROPELLER AND NOSE GEAR HIT AN EMBANKMENT. THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED UP ON THE NOSE, ROLLED ONTO THE RIGHT WING AND SETTLED BACK ON THE MAIN GEAR CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING.

## 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 ATL98LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA015), Nov 25, 1997: Piper PA-28-161 (N39995), Lawrenceville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane, during the landing roll.

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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