# Incident 20010824021869I: Boeing A75, Suches, GA, August 24, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2001, 13:00 local time
- Place: Suches, GA
- Airport: High Valley Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6981° N, 84.0127° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HIGH VALLEY AIRPARK (GA87), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6981&lon=-84.0127&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46819, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46819) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75 (registry code 1380108, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010824021869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING THE HIGH VALLEY AIRPORT TO RETURN TO GWINNETT COUNTY. THERE WAS A THUNDERSTORM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIDGE ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT OF DEPARTURE. AFTER A NORMAL TAKEOFF ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. AFTER LIFT OFF, THE AIRCRAFT WAS ACCELERATED TO 70 MPH, NORMAL CLIMB SPEED. AT 75-100 FEET AGL A LOSS OF AIRSPEED OCCURRED AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SETTLE. THE PILOT LOWERED THE NOSE AND ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE. THE AIRCRAFT MOMENTARILY BEGAN TO CLIMB AGAIN, THEN BEGAN TO SETTLE AS BEFORE. THE PILOT STATES THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE HE WOULD BE ABLE TO CLEAR THE TREES AHEAD, AND ELECTED TO LAND IN THE ONLY CLEAR AREA AVAILABLE. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN 3 POINT AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO STEER THROUGH A ROADWAY OPENING IN THE SHURB LINE ALONG A CREEK BANK. THE MAIN GEAR CONTACTED THE CREEK BANK AS THE AIRCRAFT PASSED THROUGH AND THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD A SUDDEN LOSS OF AIRSPEED AND IS CONVINCED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR.

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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