# Incident 20041006033939I: Piper PA28R200, Lawrenceville, GA, October 6, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2004, 17:30 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, GA
- Airport: Gwinnett County-Briscoe Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N6116J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6116J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 29,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041006033939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT SCHOOL IN LAWRENCEVILLE, GA, THIS AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED ON 10/06/2004 WITH THE LEFT WING AND LANDING GEAR TRUNNION DAMAGED. NO REPORT HAD BEEN MADE TO THE FAA, UNTIL 10/22/04, WHEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED AIRCRAFT PART OWNER NOTIFIED THIS OFFICE. THE LEFT GEAR AFT TRUNNION WAS BROKEN, AFT RIB BROKE AND THE TOP WING SKIN TORN AND BULGED APPROX. ONE INCH, AND RIVETS PULLED THROUGH SKIN AND RIBS, INDICATING A HARD LANDING. IT APPEARS THAT THE TRUNNION FAILED PRIOR TO THIS LANDING AND DUE TO SEVERAL CYCLES THE TRUNNION SEPARATED AND PUNCTURED THE UPPER WING SKIN.

## Other reports on N6116J (1)

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

- [Accident 19950626014939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950626014939A), Jun 26, 1995: Piper PA28R200 (N6116J), Rosewood, FL, Substantial damage. Deviated to closed airport due to deteriorating weather. Landed long on wet grass. Overran runway into trees.

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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