# NTSB SEA72DYI07: Piper PA-24, N6651P, Bend, OR, August 19, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 19, 1971
- Place: Bend, OR · BEND, OR
- Location: 44.0582° N, 121.3153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bend, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0582&lon=-121.3153&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 5, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 163103
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA72DYI07
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72DYI07

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3146  71/8/19    BEND,OREG           PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 19, 142
        TIME - 1830                    N6651P              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PILOT BUTTE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CORVALLIS,OREG              SISTERS,OREG
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6651P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6651P-2013-04-30), registration cancelled 2013-04-30, S/N 24-1774, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Pilot Butte

## Other investigations on N6651P (3)

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 FTW94FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94FA031), Nov 10, 1993: Piper PA-24-250 (N6651P), Longview, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: POOR JUDGMENT OF THE PILOT DUE TO IMPAIRMENT FROM CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL AND USE OF A DRUG (MARIJUANA), AND HIS FAILURE TO CORRECT A DESCENT, WHILE MANEUVERING AT LOW ALTITUDE. A FACTOR RELATED TO…
- [NTSB SEA81FYE15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYE15), Jan 10, 1981: Piper PA-24 (N6651P), Olympia, WA, substantial damage
- [NTSB SEA79FYM45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FYM45), Jul 1, 1979: Piper PA-24 (N6651P), Salem, OR, substantial damage

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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