# Accident 20030625018599A: Cessna 172M, Bristow, OK, June 25, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2003, 13:55 local time
- Place: Bristow, OK
- Airport: Jones Memorial Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8114° N, 96.4219° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8114&lon=-96.4219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20679, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20679-2004-07-14) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 1,111 total, 1,050 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030625018599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT/OWNER HE WAS ALLOWING THE OTHER RATED PILOT TO EXECUTE A TOUCH AND GO LANDING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON TOUCH DOWN. THE OWNER TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND IMMEDIATELY APPLIED FULL POWER AND RETRACTED THE FLAPS. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AND SETTLED TO THE GROUND RESULTING IN THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTING THE GROUND FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT WING TIP AND LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS EAST OF THE RUNWAY AND WAS CONSUMED BY THE POST CRASH FIRE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 FTW03LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA177), Jun 25, 2003: Cessna 172M (N20679), Bristow, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's premature retracting of the flaps, and his failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall.

## Other reports on N20679 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810627057229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810627057229I), Jun 27, 1981: Cessna 172M (N20679), Beaver Springs, PA, Minor damage. Za landed 250 nw airport. Found fuel tank selector in off position.

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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