Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
North Bend Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
North Bend, Oregon 97459
Monday, June 4, 1984 10:11 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE ACFT WAS CLEARED FOR AN ILS RWY 4 APCH WHILE 9 MILES NORTH OF OTH (NORTH BEND) VOR. INSTRUCTIONS WERE GIVEN TO CROSS OTH VOR AT OR ABOVE 3700 FT MSL. 14 MIN LATER, THE PLT REPORTED TO NORTH BEND FSS 'MY NEEDLE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE MOVING ON MY LOCALIZER HERE UH YOU KNOW MY LOCATION.' INDICATIONS OF NAV/COM DIFFICULTIES CONTINUED. ACFT WAS CLEAREDBY ARTCC TO DESCEND FROM 5000 FT TO 3000 FT HEADING 360 DEGS WHILE 11 MILES SW OF ARPT. AFTER A HEADING CHANGE TO 035 DEG, THE PLT STATED 'I GOT IT CENTERED NOW'. AT THE OUTER MARKER HE SAID 'I'M A LITTLE HIGHER TWO THOUSAND I'LL TRY TO GET DOWN.' ARPX 2 MIN LATER, THE PLT REPORTED AN ALT OF 800 FT. THE ACFT CRASHED IN A HILLY WOODED AREA APRX 3 MI NNE OF THE ARPT. A CHIEF PLT & AN FAA EXAMINER REPORTED THE PLT'S IFR PERFORMANCE WAS UNSATISFACTORY IN A PART 135 CHECKRIDE. ACCORDING TO ANOTHER PLT AND MAINTENANCE RECORDS, N1067U HAD A HISTORY OF DISCREPANCIES WITH THE NAV EQUIP. A COMPANY PLT STATED THE COMPANY PUT PRESSURE ON THE PLTS TO FLY ACFT WHICH SOMETIMES WERE NOT AIRWORTHY.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 6/4/1984 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 1011 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | NORTH BEND |
| Event State | OREGON |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 97459 |
| Event Date Year | 1984 |
| Event Date Month | 6 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | NORTH BEND MUNICIPAL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | OTH |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 3 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 39 |
| Airport Elevation | 14 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1028 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 225 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | OTH |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 14 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 3 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 600 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 300 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 1 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 12 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 11 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 190 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 7 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Light |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1640 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 25460 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 9:15AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Instrument Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N1067U |
| NTSB Number | SEA84FA123 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | PA-34-200 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA-34-200 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 347250054 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3600 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jan 12 1984 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 149 |
| Airframe Hours | 4950 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Yes |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | AERO SPORT |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 9304 NE 279TH STREET |
| Aircraft Owner City | BATTLEGROUND |
| Aircraft Owner State | WA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 98604 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Non-scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Cargo |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | 60S |
| Departure City | VANCOUVER |
| Departure State | WA |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 816 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | OTH |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Approach |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:36AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 4 |
| Runway Length | 4613 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |