# Accident 20060818018369A: Piper PA32RT300, Dovesville, SC, August 18, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2006, 08:40 local time
- Place: Dovesville, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4464° N, 79.8869° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4464&lon=-79.8869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31911, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31911-2006-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,023 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06FA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06FA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060818018369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON APPROACH TO DARLINGTON AIRPORT, (UDG) DARLINGTON, SC AT APPROX. 0840 LOCAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT RESULTING IN TWO FATALITIES, PILOT & ONE PASSENGER. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE. FIRST ON SITE DID NOT DETECT FUEL SMELL OR FUEL SPILL. INSPECTION OF WRECKAGE DID NOT REVEAL PRESENCE OF FUEL. ENGINE TEAR DOWN DID NOT REVEAL ANY INTERNAL FAILURE. COMPRESSION, MAGNETO CHECKED OK, FUEL INJECTORS, AND SPARK PLUGS APPEAR NORMAL. PROPELLER BENT AFT WITH NO FORWARD TIP CRUEL.

## 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 ATL06FA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06FA122), Aug 18, 2006: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N31911), Hartsville, SC, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control of the airplane due to spatial disorientation.

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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