# NTSB SEA66A0054: Piper PA-16, N5744H, Sutherlin, OR, May 6, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 6, 1966
- Place: Sutherlin, OR · SUTHERLIN, OR
- Location: 43.3862° N, 123.3227° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sutherlin, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3862&lon=-123.3227&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 19, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172393
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA66A0054
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66A0054

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0289   66/5/6    SUTHERLIN ORE       PIPER PA-16         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1015                    N5744H              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 41, 4113 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            22 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MUNICIPAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5744H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5744H-2020-04-10), registration cancelled 2020-04-10, S/N 16-356, built 1949 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-16
- Registry model: [Piper PA-16](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-16) (registry code 7101602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Municipal

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.

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