Piper PA-28-151 N75194

Summary

On 17 March 2007 at about 21:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-151 registered N75194 was involved in an accident near Lincoln City, Oregon, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 March 2007 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Lincoln City, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Sietz Bay (KS45)

Coordinates

44.9833, -124.7650

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-151

Registration

N75194

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Siletz Bay → Mulino

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX07LA113

2 people died.

In-flight collision with water for undetermined reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

Debris identified as belonging to the airplane was found washed ashore along a small stretch of Oregon coast line, and the bodies of the pilot and passenger washed ashore several days later. Witnesses reported seeing a low flying airplane that matched the description of the accident airplane maneuvering along the coastline around 1400. The witnesses said the airplane was flying very low and making steep turns over the coastline. No witnesses reported seeing the actual accident occur. The first identified pieces of aircraft debris washed ashore around 1500. The pilot's body washed ashore 4 days later, and the passenger's body washed ashore 6 days later. The airplane wreckage has not been located. The private pilot and single passenger, who was also a private pilot but not current, arrived to a small breakfast fly-in around 1000 in a rented airplane. The airport they flew into was a small, uncontrolled, airport on the Oregon coast that does not have automatic weather observation equipment. Weather reported at an airport 23 miles south of the accident area from 1200 to 1500 consisted of ceilings initially around 400 to 500 feet overcast and improving to 500 feet scattered; 4,100 feet broken by 1550; visibility was between 7 and 10 miles; and there was no precipitation. Numerous AIRMETs were issued for IFR conditions between 0745 and 1423 for the area that the accident aircraft was operating. A study performed by a Safety Board Meteorological Specialist concluded that the probable weather conditions existing at the time and location of the accident was a ceiling of 500 feet with multiple cloud layers above. Tops of the first cloud layer were near 4,000 feet. Flight visibility was zero miles in the clouds and close to 3 miles below the lowest cloud base in mist. Neither pilot held an instrument rating.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.