# Accident 20220922021899A: Piper PA-28, Deschutes, OR, September 22, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2022, 15:45 local time
- Place: Deschutes, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5694° N, 121.8054° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5694&lon=-121.8054&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7063R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7063R) (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 PA-28
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 979 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22FA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA354) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220922021899A

## Narrative

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

FATAL AIRCRAFT CRASH DUE TO UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES 22 MILES NORTH EAST OF SISTERS OREGON.

AN ALNOT REPORT WAS RECEIVED SEPTEMBER 09/22/2022 ABOUT AN AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THAT WAS MISSING.  THE FAMILY OF THE PILOT MADE THE REPORT OF THE MISSING AIRCRAFT WHEN THE PILOT DID NOT RETURN HOME AT THE EXPECTED TIME OF 5PM.  THE AIRCRAFT IS A PA 28 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT BEGAN FROM THE LOS ANGELES AREA FROM GRAY BUTTE FLD CA (04CA).  THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT WAS FROM 04CA TO WESTOVER FIELD, AMADOR COUNTY (KJAQ) NEAR OAKLAND AND SAN FRANCISCO, SISTERS EAGLE AIRPORT IN OR NEAR SISTERS.  THE PILOT STOPPED FOR FUEL AT SISTER’S EAGLE AIRPORT (6K5) AT APPROXIMATELY 3PM LOCAL TIME.  THE DESTINATION WAS CURTIS (0WA2) A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP IN WASHINGTON NEAR CHEHALIS (CLS).

THE WEATHER WAS REPORTED TO BE 6 MILES OF VISIBILITY WITH SMOKE AND HAZE DUE TO FOREST FIRES.  THE SKY WAS REPORTED CLEAR AT THE BEND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

HIKERS REPORTED WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A CRASH AND SMOKE WITH THE SMELL OF FUEL THURSDAY AFTERNOON 09/22/2022.

THE LYNN COUNTY SHERRIFF AND THE COAST GUARD FOUND THE WRECKAGE THE MORNING OF 09/23/2022.  THE WRECKAGE APPEARED TO INDICATE A STRAIGHT IN FLIGHT PATH DUE TO ONLY THE TAIL BEING VISIBLE.  THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED 22 MILES NE OF SISTERS, OR IN THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS AREA OF MT. JEFFERSON.

THE COAST GUARD REPORTED THE WEATHER TO BE GOOD BUT NEAR MOUNT JEFFERSON THERE WERE SOME LOW CLOUDS AND WINDS.  THE COAST GUARD WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT THERE WAS ONE PERSON IN THE AIRCRAFT.

THE NTSB DETERMINED THAT THE ACCIDENT IS A FATALITY WITH ONE SOLE ON BOARD AND THE AIRCRAFT IS DESTROYED.

THE WRECKAGE WAS RETRIEVED FROM MOUNT JEFFERSON 10/20/2022 AND PLACED IN THE FAMILY’S HANGER IN CHEHALIS

## 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 WPR22FA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA354), Sep 22, 2022: Piper PA-28-140 (N7063R), Sisters, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot’s flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a subsequent loss of airplane control. Contributing to the accident was…

## Other reports on N7063R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19740419008629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740419008629A), Apr 19, 1974: Piper PA28140 (N7063R), Twin Falls, ID, 1 fatal. Start acft with jump cables. Pax released cable,stepped back into prop. Expired 11 days later.

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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