20040317004119A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA18150 · Sisters, OR · March 17, 2004

Date
March 17, 2004 · 12:00 local
Place
Sisters, OR
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2553S
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA04LA051
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
235 total235 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) privacy data omitted departed corvallis, OR to prineville, OR. Enroute at 7500FT after crossing the cascade mountains privacy data omitted began a shallow descent (as described by privacy data omitted). privacy data omitted Stated that the engine lost all power. At which time he executed an emergency landing. Unable to reach a clear area privacy data omitted landed in the trees causing substantial damage to the aircraft. Pilot and passenger were uninjured. Fuel was found in both tanks.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED CORVALLIS, OR TO PRINEVILLE, OR. ENROUTE AT 7500FT AFTER CROSSING THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BEGAN A SHALLOW DESCENT (AS DESCRIBED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. AT WHICH TIME HE EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING. UNABLE TO REACH A CLEAR AREA ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED IN THE TREES CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. FUEL WAS FOUND IN BOTH TANKS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.