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FAA accident report · Cessna 172B · Sisters, OR · August 6, 2007

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Date
August 6, 2007 · 18:40 local
Place
Sisters, OR
Airport
Sisters Eagle Air
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7640X
Reported as
Cessna 172B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
136 total120 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
N7640XRegistered now · Cessna 172BS/N 17248140 · Built 1960Airframe modelCessna 172BEngine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) Pilot received private pilot certificate 2 days before the accident. Pilot was distracted by a person near the runway surface and executed a go around. The aircraft drifted right of centerline and impacted several trees before coming to rest nose down in the soft dirt adjacent to the runway. The pilot was uninjured but the aircraft was destroyed. Winds at the time of the accident were reportedly variable and gusting to 15 knots. The pilot was based at the airport involved and was familiar with the wind patterns at this high desert airport.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT RECEIVED PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE 2 DAYS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. PILOT WAS DISTRACTED BY A PERSON NEAR THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND EXECUTED A GO AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED RIGHT OF CENTERLINE AND IMPACTED SEVERAL TREES BEFORE COMING TO REST NOSE DOWN IN THE SOFT DIRT ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE REPORTEDLY VARIABLE AND GUSTING TO 15 KNOTS. THE PILOT WAS BASED AT THE AIRPORT INVOLVED AND WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE WIND PATTERNS AT THIS HIGH DESERT AIRPORT.