# Incident 20030415008789I: Piper PA23250, Lawrenceville, GA, April 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2003, 17:00 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, GA
- Airport: Gwinnett County-Briscoe Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9781° N, 83.9624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GWINNETT COUNTY/BRISCOE FLD (LZU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9781&lon=-83.9624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777RX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777RX-2013-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,897 total, 145 in this make and model, 142 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030415008789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CREW WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO'S AT LAWRENCEVILLE, GA (LZU) WHEN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SCISSOR LINK BOLT FAILED AND THE LEFT GEAR FOLDED AFT, CAUSING THE LEFT WING/FLAP TO REST ON THE TIRE. THE LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER ALSO STRUCK THE RUNWAY. MR. GEREN WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FROM MS. ANDERSON, WHO WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.