# Accident 20140723014899A: Jannakos Gregory P ZODIAC 601 HDS, Lawrenceville, GA, July 23, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2014, 14:00 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, GA
- Airport: Gwinnett County - Briscoe Fiel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9736° N, 83.9575° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9736&lon=-83.9575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4399, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4399-2014-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jannakos Gregory P ZODIAC 601 HDS (registry code 056187I, https://openairdocs.org/model/jannakos-gregory-p-zodiac-601-hds) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JANNAKOS GREGORY P ZODIAC 601 HDS
- Reported engine: CORVAIR 164
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 486 total, 184 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA353) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140723014899A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 HRS HE WAS ATTEMPTING A 2ND TOUCH-AND-GO AT GWINNETT COUNTY AIRPORT (LZU) RUNWAY 25.  THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH LIGHT WINDS.  AS HE LEVELED OFF JUST BEFORE TOUCH DOWN HE HEARD A LOUD SOUND AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED DOWN TO THE GROUND AFTER WHICH THE PLANE SKIDDED TO A STRAIGHT STOP.  UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE NOSE WHEEL BRACKET HAD BROKEN OFF OF THE STRUT TUBE AT THE WELDED JOINT AND WAS FOUND 100 YRDS OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY FROM THE POINT OF IMPACT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED OFF THE RUNWAY AND TAKEN TO THE LZU EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT HANGARS.  FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT WHEN THE NOSE STRUT IMPACTED WITH THE GROUND, IT WAS PUSHED BACK AGAINST AND HAD DAMAGED THE ENGINE FIREWALL.  THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA14CA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA353), Jul 23, 2014: Jannakos Gregory P Zodiac 601 HDS (N4399), Lawrenceville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

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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