- Date
- August 31, 1997, 13:18 local (17:18 UTC)
- Place
- Lawrenceville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9625VCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1998
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19970831024959A
- Case key
- 3896
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper go-around technique that resulted in an inadvertent stall. A factor was a premature flare for landing.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the student pilot, during the first touch-and-go landing he flared early, recognized he would land hard, and added power. The nose pitched up and the airplane stalled. The pilot stated he held the stall for about 25 to 40 feet, hoping to do a go-around. The airplane then yawed left and the left wing dropped, impacting the runway. The airplane then skidded off the runway.
Factual narrative
On August 31, 1997, about 1318 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N9625V, collided with the runway during the landing portion of a touch and go landing at the Gwinnett County Airport, Lawrenceville, Georgia. The airplane was operated by The Flight School under the provisions of Title 14 Part 91, and visual flight rules. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. A flight plan was not filed for the solo instructional flight. The student pilot was not injured, and the airplane was substantially damaged. The flight originated from the same airport abut 1300, on the same day.
According to the pilot, he departed the airport for the practice area, and returned for touch and go landings. During the first attempted touch and go landing, the pilot stated he flared early, recognized he would land hard, and added power. The nose pitched up and the airplane stalled. The pilot stated he held the stall for about 25 to 40 feet, hoping to do a go-around. The airplane then yawed left and the left wing dropped, impacting the runway. The airplane then skidded off the runway. According to the pilot, the outboard 1/4 to 1/3 of the left wing was bent upward.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9625V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264405
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- The Flight School
- Registered owner
- American East Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LZU
- Airport
- LZU · Gwinnett County-Briscoe, runway 7, 6,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 36 total · 10 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LZU, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.