# Accident 20070806016439A: Cessna 172B, Sisters, OR, August 6, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2007, 18:40 local time
- Place: Sisters, OR
- Airport: Sisters Eagle Air
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3045° N, 121.5391° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SISTERS EAGLE AIR (6K5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3045&lon=-121.5391&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7640X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7640X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 136 total, 120 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070806016439A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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