# Accident 20061225026009A: Cessna 414, Lawrenceville, GA, December 25, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 2006, 20:40 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, GA
- Airport: Gwinnett County-Briscoe Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9678° N, 83.9592° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9678&lon=-83.9592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62950, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62950-2017-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07FA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061225026009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED AN ILS APPROACH TO LAND AT LZU RUNWAY 25. CONDITIONS REPORTED TO PILOT BY THE LZU TOWER CONTROLLER WERE 100' CEILING WITH .5 MILE VISIBILITY. AIRCRAFT MISSED INITIAL APPROACH AND PERFORMED GO AROUND. ON SECOND ILS APPROACH ATTEMPT TO RUNWAY 25, CONDITIONS REPORTED TO PILOT AS 100' CEILING AND .25 MILE VISIBILITY. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED 2 TREES AND THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 1100' LEFT OF RUNWAY 25 AND WAS DESTROYED. WEATHER REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS FOGGY WITH LIGHT RAIN. MINIMUMS FOR LZU RUNWAY 25 PER LAWRENCEVILLE/GWINNETT COUNTY-BRISCOE FIELD APPROACH PLATE SE-4, DATED 23 NOV 2006 TO 18 JAN 2007 AMDT 1B 06271 ARE 200' AND .5 MILES.

## 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 ATL07FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07FA030), Dec 26, 2006: Cessna 414A (N62950), Lawrenceville, GA, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow the instrument approach procedure. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's descent below the prescribed decision height altitude.

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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