ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 249753
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| Date: | Sunday 11 April 2021 |
| Time: | 20:40 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N222BM |
| MSN: | 28-3231 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O&VO-360 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Grant County Airport (SVC/KSVC), Silver City, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Safford Airport, AZ (SAD/KSAD) |
| Taylor Airport, AZ (TYZ/KTYL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, he became disoriented during a day visual flight rules (VFR), cross-country flight. After a nearly five-hour flight in search of his destination airport, he saw an airport and landed. After a brief conversation on the ground with witnesses, he refueled the airplane and departed in search of his original destination airport. Unable to locate his desired airport and five hours later as the day had turned to night, he spotted an airport and initiated an approach to the east. During the night VFR approach, the engine lost power, but the pilot switched fuel tanks and completed an engine restart inflight. However, the airplane did not touch down on airport property. The airplane landed outside of the airport's southern perimeter fence, near Airport Road and the southeast airport access gate. The airplane impacted the airport's perimeter fence and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and the left wing.
Probable Cause: The pilot's loss of situational awareness and failure to touchdown on the runway which resulted in a collision with the airport's perimeter fence.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR21LA174
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=222BM
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N222BM
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2021 22:53 | Geno | Added |
| 13-Apr-2021 23:20 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 06-Jul-2022 06:45 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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