Piper PA32 N3011X accident, Dawsonville, GA, Aug 9, 2026 · NTSB ERA26LA296

Date: August 9, 2026, 11:58 local (15:58 UTC)
Place: Dawsonville, GA
Injuries: 2 serious
Phase of flight: Enroute
Aircraft: N3011XPiper PA32
Defining event: Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)
Weather: Visual (VMC) · Day
Status: Investigation ongoing
Investigation class: Class 3
NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
Case key: 203558

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Loss of engine power (partial)Enroute-cruisePiper PA-32-300: 10 cases All aircraft: 1,858 casesDefining event

Off-field or emergency landingEmergency descentPiper PA-32-300: 23 cases All aircraft: 3,365 cases

Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)Emergency descentPiper PA-32-300: 43 cases All aircraft: 10,189 cases

Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)Uncontrolled descentPiper PA-32-300: 43 cases All aircraft: 10,189 cases

Aircraft

Registration: N3011X
Reported as: Piper PA32 (300)
Flight: Part 91
Registered owner: Hanania-Stout Motorcars LLC
Equipment: ADS-B, Stall warning system

N3011XRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300S/N 32-7940093 · Built 1979 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300 Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Weather

Conditions: Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind: 260° at 3 knots
Lowest ceiling: None
Observed at: 21 nm away