# Accident 20221008022619A: Cessna 177RG, Lawrenceville, GA, October 8, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2022, 14:56 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0154° N, 83.8732° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0154&lon=-83.8732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2047Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2047Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221008022619A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED KFFC AT APPROX 1414 ON 10/8/2022 TO KLZU.  PILOT WAS FLYING AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN IN VFR CONDITIONS FOR CURRENCY.

PILOT WAS HANDED OFF TO KLZU FROM ATLANTA APPROACH (RNAV 25) AND WAS COMMUNICATING WITH TOWER WHEN BIRD STRIKE OCCURRED TO THE MIDDLE OF THE LEFT WING.

PILOT LANDED AT KLZU WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## 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 ERA23LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA014), Oct 8, 2022: Cessna 177RG (N2047Q), Dacula, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a bird while on approach.

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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