# Accident 19780907034859A: Piper PA28160, Sisters, OR, September 7, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1978
- Place: Sisters, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 44.2924° N, 121.5530° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sisters, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2924&lon=-121.5530&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39499, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39499-1982-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 12,961 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780907034859A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 9/12/78.MOUNTAIN TOPS OBSCURED.

## 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 SEA78FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FA063), Sep 7, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N39499), Sisters, OR, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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