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News Release

Airplane Crash In Sisters (Photo) -03/03/21

Airplane Crash in Sisters

Released by: Sgt. Jayson Janes          

Release Date: 3/3/21

Pilot: Stieber, Madison    Age: 23

           Bend, Oregon

Passenger: Schaab, Connor     Age: 24

                      Bend, Oregon

Aircraft:  1972 Cessna 172G # N4456L

     Owned by Outlaw Aviation LLC.

                 Sisters, Oregon

 

NARRATIVE:

On 3/3/21 at 5:43 p.m., Deschutes County 911 received a report of an airplane crash into a field south of East Sun Ranch Drive, west of Camp Polk Road within the city of Sisters.   Deputies from the city of Sisters arrived at 5:45 p.m. 

Deputies determined there were two occupants in the plane at the time of the crash.  The pilot, Madison Stieber, received non-life threatening injuries and was transported by private vehicle to St. Charles-Bend.  The passenger, Connor Schaab, received minor injuries and was evaluated by medics from the Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District at the scene.  Schaab was not transported to the hospital.  Both Stieber and Schaab had self extricated from the plane, prior to the arrival of Deputies and medics. 

The initial investigation determined Stieber was attempting to land at the Sisters Eagle Airport (15820 Barclay Drive in Sisters), when she made contact with the landing strip and then went airborne again.  The plane then flew to the southwest, over Camp Polk Road and struck the top of a tree, before striking the ground and coming to rest in a dry pond on private property in the 69000 block of Camp Polk Road.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) were contacted and will be conducting a follow-up investigation regarding the crash. 

No further information is available for release at this time.

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is a full service agency that oversees the adult jail, provides patrol, criminal investigations, civil process and search and rescue operations. Special units include SWAT, Marine Patrol, ATV Patrol, Forest Patrol, along with six K9 teams. Founded in 1916 and today led by your duly elected Sheriff L. Shane Nelson, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office serves over 200,000 residents in Deschutes County. The agency has 259 authorized and funded personnel, which includes 191 sworn employees who provide services to the 3,055 square miles of Deschutes County.

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