# Incident 19980207002099I: Piper PA22108, Circleville, OH, February 7, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1998, 19:10 local time
- Place: Circleville, OH
- Airport: Pickaway County Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5160° N, 82.9821° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PICKAWAY COUNTY MEML (CYO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5160&lon=-82.9821&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4561Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4561Z-2012-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 448 total, 35 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980207002099I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON 2/7/98, MR. ADEMIR S. PEREIRA, COMMERCIAL PILOT, CERTIFICATE NO. 593843902, DEPARTED PIKE COUNTY AIRPORT (I57) FOR PICKAWAY COUNTY AIRPORT (CYO) IN A PIPER (PA-22), N4561Z, S/N 22-8068 FOR A FAR 91 REPOSITIONING FLIGHT. AT 1900 EST, MR. PEREIRA STATED THAT HE ENTERED THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 1. AT THIS TIME, THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ON FINAL APPROACH, HE THEN MADE A GO AROUND AND CAME BACK AROUND FOR HIS FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 1. ON FINAL APPROACH THE RUNWAY LIGHTS TIMED OUT AND AUTOMATICALLY TURNED OFF. BECAUSE N4561Z WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A SINGLE VHF TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER HE WAS UNABLE TO KEY THE RUNWAY LIGHTS BACK ON. MR. PERERIA THEN LANDED ON THE TAXIWAY PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 1, LEFT THE TAXIWAY AND CAME TO REST IN A DITCH. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF N341JC BY ASI MARK D. HARDEN OF THE CMH FSDO DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP, NOSE LANDING GEAR AND ENGINE COWL. THIS WAS DISCUSSED WITH NTSB INVESTIGATOR LUKE SCHIADA OF THE PARSIPPANY, NEW JERSEY NTSB FIELD OFFICE. HE CONCURRED WITH FAA ASI HARDEN'S DAMAGE DETERMINATION. FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO SUCCESSFULLY LAND ON THE INTENDED RUNWAY DURING NIGHT OPERATIONS.

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