# Incident 20090413005779I: Piper PA32RT300, Lawrenceville, GA, April 13, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2009, 16:21 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, GA
- Airport: Gwinnett County - Briscoe Fiel
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: 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: N528CW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N528CW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090413005779I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  WHILE OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT DURING APPROACH ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT HAVE A POSITIVE DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION.  UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 7, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND FORWARD LOWER FUSELAGE.

## Other reports on N528CW (1)

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

- [Incident 20221227019059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221227019059I), Dec 27, 2022: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N528CW), College Station, TX, Minor damage. On 12/27/2022 at 1355 CST, a Piper PA-32RT-300, s/n 32R-7885005, was en route on a VFR flight plan from kaus (austin-bergstrom int. Airport) to kmkv…

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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