ERA26LA362

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28-140 · Canon, GA · September 22, 2026

Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
September 22, 2026, 10:11 local (14:11 UTC)
Place
Canon, GA
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N3713KPiper PA-28-140
Defining event
Approach-VFR pattern final: Collision during takeoff/land
Weather
Day
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Eastern Region Aviation
Parties
FAA/FSDO
Case key
203958

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
N3713K
Reported as
Piper PA-28-140
Category
Airplane
Serial number
28-23702
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Operator
3713 Kilo LLC
Registered owner
3713 Kilo LLC
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
1AA · Athens, GA
Airport
18A · Franklin-Hart, runway 08, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

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
Day
Wind
40° at 7 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
3,800 ft broken
Temperature
75 °F, dew point 70 °F
Altimeter
30.09 inHg
Observed at
18A
METAR
METAR K18A 221415Z AUTO 04007KT 360V070 10SM BKN038 OVC047 24/21 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND NW T02380206=

Other investigations on N3713K · 1

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