# Accident 20040317004119A: Piper PA18150, Sisters, OR, March 17, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2004, 12:00 local time
- Place: Sisters, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3167° N, 121.6000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3167&lon=-121.6000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2553S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 235 total, 235 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040317004119A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 SEA04LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA051), Mar 17, 2004: Piper PA-18 (N2553S), Sisters, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Factors include no suitable place for a forced landing, and trees in the area where the pilot found it necessary to attempt the forced landing.

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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