# Accident 19810828052519A: Piper PA12, Bend, OR, August 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1981, 08:20 local time
- Place: Bend, OR
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0582° N, 121.3153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bend, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0582&lon=-121.3153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7621H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7621H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 830 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FYK17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYK17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810828052519A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINE ON WIDE, LOW LANDING PATTERN. MADE ABRUPT DESCENDING TURN PRIOR IMPACT. LOW ALTITUDE UNEXPLAINED.

## 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 SEA81FYK17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYK17), Aug 28, 1981: Piper PA-12 (N7621H), Bend, OR, destroyed

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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