# Accident 20081101856789A: Piper PA44180, Lawrenceville, GA, November 1, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2008, 20:40 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, GA
- Airport: Gwinnett County - Briscoe Fiel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9781° N, 83.9622° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9781&lon=-83.9622&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2214N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 865 total, 65 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081101856789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N2214N IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON LANDING HAD THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE.

## 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 ERA09LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA050), Nov 1, 2008: Piper PA-44-180 (N2214N), Lawrenceville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the nose gear drag link bolt due to reversed bending fatigue.

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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