Piper PA-28-180 N222BM
12 April 2021 · Silver City, New Mexico, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 12 April 2021 at about 02:40 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N222BM was involved in an accident near Silver City, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 02:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Silver City, New Mexico, United States
- Nearest airport
- Grant County (SVC)
- Coordinates
- 32.6365, -108.1564
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-180
- Registration
- N222BM
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1966
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Safford → Taylor
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night
- NTSB number
- WPR21LA174
People
2 people had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-28 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Mar 2021 | Piper PA-28-180 | West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States | Brandywine Flight School | No injuries | - |
| 17 Aug 2021 | Piper PA-28-140 | Orlando, Florida, United States | Airline Training Academy | Serious injuries | - |
| 3 Jul 2021 | Piper PA-28-151 | Pottsboro, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 May 2021 | Piper PA-28-140 | Washington Court House, Ohio, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 9 Dec 2021 | Piper PA 28-140 | Houston, Texas, United States | Breathtaking Navigation LLC | Fatal | 2 |
| 23 May 2021 | Piper PA-28-180 | Lincoln Park, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 9,402 records for this type
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