Two Bend residents escaped life threatening injuries after the small plane they were in crashed in Sisters. Emergency officials received the call around 5:43 p.m. Wednesday. The pilot, Madison Stieber, 23, was attempting to land at the Sisters Eagle Airport 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.
Stieber was transported by private vehicle to St. Charles-Bend for non life threatening injuries. A passenger, Connor Schaab, 24, was treated on scene for minor injuries and was evaluated by medics from the Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District at the scene and 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 aircraft is 1972 Cessna 172G # N4456L, owned by Outlaw Aviation LLC in Sisters. 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.
