# Accident 20010406007249A: Piper PA28180, Jasper, GA, April 6, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2001, 09:00 local time
- Place: Jasper, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 34.4602° N, 84.4198° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4602&lon=-84.4198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31566, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31566-2014-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL01FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010406007249A

## Narrative

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

(-23)THIS AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE SIDE OF SASSAFRAS MOUNTAIN AT 3,000 FT 1,500 YARDS EAST OF MONUMENT RD. DAWSON CO GA. BOTH WINGS WERE SEPERATED FROM TREE IMPACT, THE TAIL WAS ALSO GENERATED PRIOR TO IMPACT. ENGINE INSPECTION WAS GOOD THERE WAS FUEL IN THE RT WING.  FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE CHECKED AND FOUND GOOD.

## 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 ATL01FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01FA048), Apr 6, 2001: Piper PA-28-181 (N31566), Jasper, GA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot disregarded preflight weather briefing information, and continued visual flight into known instrument weather conditions and collided with trees.

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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