# Accident 20060703013639A: Piper PA28181, Dorris, CA, July 3, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2006, 12:00 local time
- Place: Dorris, CA
- Airport: Butte Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8897° N, 121.9814° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8897&lon=-121.9814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6413C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6413C-2007-02-16) (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 PA28181
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06CA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA223) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060703013639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING ON RWY 23, PILOT ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND AND TRIED TO ABORT BY APPLYING FULL POWER AND POSITIONED FLAPS IN SECOND DETENT. AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO PRODUCE LIFT AND WENT OFF END OF RUNWAY. LEFT WING HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND WAS LEAKING FUEL, ALMOST DEPARTED AIRCRAFT. PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. CHP RESPONDED. NO FIRE.

## 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 LAX06CA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA223), Jul 3, 2006: Piper PA28-181 (N6413C), Dorris, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed during a go-around, which resulted in a stall/mush. A contributing factor was the high density altitude.

## Other reports on N6413C (1)

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

- [Incident 20030829020959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030829020959I), Aug 29, 2003: Piper PA28181 (N6413C), Coalinga, CA. (-23) Aircraft is assumed to have struck a powerline on a night time approach to landing to the uncontrolled, non VASI equipped runway. Although no definitive…

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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