# Accident 20060708031049A: Piper PA32260, Suches, GA, July 8, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2006, 12:50 local time
- Place: Suches, GA
- Airport: High Valley Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6983° N, 84.0072° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6983&lon=-84.0072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3380W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3380W-2017-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540C4B5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06FA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060708031049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 8, 2006, AT 1250 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT), A PIPER PA-32-260, N3380W, S/N 32-235, 1965, COLLIDED WITH A HOUSE ON CLIMB OUT AT HIGH VALLEY AIRPORT (GA87) IN SUCHES, GEORGIA. THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY FLYING HIGH AVIATION LLC AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT (HXD), HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA, AT 0949 EDT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. AN EYEWITNESS STATED THAT THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN LONG ON THE GRASS STRIP AND DECIDED TO CONDUCT A GO-AROUND. HE ADDED FULL POWER AND PULLED UP TO AVOID THE TREES AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. WITNESSES STATED THAT AS THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED OUT THE PILOT BANKED THE AIRPLANE TO THE LEFT. THE AIRPLANE STALLED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN A FIELD AND COLLIDED WITH A HOUSE.

## 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 ATL06FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06FA102), Jul 8, 2006: Piper PA-32-260 (N3380W), Suches, GA, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to retract the wing flaps and his decision to make a turn while performing a go-around.

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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