# NTSB SEA68A0011: Piper PA-28, N9154W, Sisters, OR, August 3, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 3, 1967
- Place: Sisters, OR · SISTERS, OR
- Location: 44.2924° N, 121.5530° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sisters, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2924&lon=-121.5530&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 5, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115961
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA68A0011
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68A0011

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0996   67/8/3  NR.SISTERS,OREG       PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 36, 75 TOTAL
        TIME - 1800                    N9154W              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTIAM JUNCTION
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- ATTEMPTED GO AROUND INTO RISING TERRAIN. STRUCK TREE 75 FT HIGH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9154W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9154W-1970-07-10), registration cancelled 1970-07-10, S/N 2810786 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (registry code 7102810) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Santiam Junction

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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