Piper PA-22-160 N9051D

Summary

On 30 May 2002 at about 22:45 local time, a Piper PA-22-160 registered N9051D was involved in an accident near Nageezi, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 May 2002 at 22:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Nageezi, New Mexico, United States

Coordinates

36.2683, -107.7464

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-160

Registration

N9051D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Guymon → Gallup

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW02LA166

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's failure to select a suitable landing site, which resulted in a collision with a fence.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The cross-country flight departed, made one fuel stop, and was en route to its second fuel stop when the pilot deviated from the planned route due to mountainous terrain. The planned route followed an interstate highway. The pilot thought he had rejoined his planned route of flight; however, he began following the wrong interstate highway. The flight traveled 70 miles, and when the pilot did not arrive at his next planned fuel stop, he decided to execute a precautionary landing to a dirt strip due to low fuel. The airplane landed, and the right wing contacted a barbed wire fence 3/4 of the way down the airstrip. The pilot added that when he identified the fence it was too late to execute a go-around, and the dirt was too loose to stop prior to the fence.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.