# Accident 20061212028629A: Piper PA28140, Brandon, OR, December 12, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2006, 12:48 local time
- Place: Brandon, OR
- Airport: Brandon State Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0972° N, 124.3994° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0972&lon=-124.3994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5618U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5618U-2007-12-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 250 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07FA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061212028629A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT (N5618U) FLOWN BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ TOOK OFF FROM THE BANDON STATE AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1220L AND CRASHED AT 1248L. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED AT TREE-TOP LEVEL ON THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT BANDON STATE AIRPORT (S05). SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO BE IN A VERY STEEP BANK FROM DOWNWIND TO BASE LEGS. THE NEXT EYEWITNESS OBSERVATIONS WERE FROM PEOPLE LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF THE CRASH SITE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT BEING FLOWN AT OR BELOW TREETOP LEVEL HEADED SOUTHBOUND (FINAL LEG OF TRAFFIC PATTERN) AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT PULLED UP AND WENT NEAR VERTICAL ON THE BANK ANGLE (90 DEGREES OF BANK), THEN DESCENDED AGAIN BEHIND TREES AND CRASHED. ANOTHER EYEWITNESS ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ STATED SHE SAW THE AIRCRAFT IN A NEAR VERTICAL DIVE WITH THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT POINTED JUST SLIGHTLY SOUTHBOUND.

## 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 SEA07FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07FA031), Dec 12, 2006: Piper PA-28-140 (N5618U), Bandon, OR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of aircraft control in the traffic pattern for undetermined reasons.

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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