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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper STCPA12 · Bend, OR · October 16, 1996

Date
October 16, 1996 · 09:30 local
Place
Bend, OR
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3297M
Reported as
Piper STCPA12
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
106 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: engine seized in flight. Pilot successfully landed aircraft on highway 20, near Bend, Oregon. No damage resulted. No injuries resulted. Investigation revealed a bearing seizure. This report is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ENGINE SEIZED IN FLIGHT. PILOT SUCCESSFULLY LANDED AIRCRAFT ON HIGHWAY 20, NEAR BEND, OREGON. NO DAMAGE RESULTED. NO INJURIES RESULTED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BEARING SEIZURE. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.