# Accident 20020530010219A: Piper PA22160, Nageezi, NM, May 30, 2002 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 30, 2002, 16:45 local time - Place: Nageezi, NM - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 36.2683° N, 107.7464° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2683&lon=-107.7464&mi=10 - Aircraft: N9051D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9051D) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160 - Reported engine: LYC O320B2A - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 9,082 total, 8 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA166) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020530010219A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON MAY 30, 2002, AT 1645 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-22-160 AIRPLANE, N9051D, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT LANDED HARD AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP NEAR NAGEZI, NEW MEXICO. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE GUTHRIE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, AND WAS DESTINED FOR THE PAGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, PAGE, ARIZONA. ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, THE FLIGHT BEGAN TO RUN LOW ON FUEL DURING THE FLIGHT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PILOT EXECUTED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING TO A PRIVATE DIRT AIRSTRIP. THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD AND PROCEEDED THROUGH A BARBED WIRE FENCE AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE AIRSTRIP. THE RIGHT WING ROOT AND RIGHT WING STRUT WERE STRUCTURALLY DAMAGED. (-23) ON MAY 30, 2002, AT 16:45 MDT, A PIPER PA-22-160, N9051D, COLLIDED WITH A FENCE POST AFTER A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A NATURAL GAS LINE RIGHT-OF-WAY NEAR NEGEEZI, NEW MEXICO WHILE ON A PERSONAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCAIL PILOT (SOLE OCCUPANT) WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA EARLIER THAT DAY, THIS LEG OF THE TRIP HAD STARTED AT GUYMON, OKLAHOMA AT 14:50 MDT. (.4) ON MAY 30, 2002, AT 1645 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-22-160 AIRPLANE, N9051D, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A FENCE DURING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING NEAR NAGEEZI, NEW MEXICO. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE GUTHRIE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, AND WAS DESTINED FOR THE PAGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, PAGE, ARIZONA. ON MAY 30, 2002, THE PILOT PURCHASED THE AIRPLANE IN GUTHRIE AND DEPARTED FOR A FLIGHT TO HIS HOME BASE IN PAGE. THE FLIGHT MADE ITS FIRST FUEL STOP IN GUYMON, OKLAHOMA, AND THEN DEPARTED WITH THE NE XT INTENDED FUEL STOP AT GALLUP, NEW MEXICO. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS FOLLOWING INTERSTATE 40 (I-40), WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN EAST OF ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. HE ELECTED TO ALTER HIS ROUTE OF FLIGHT TO THE NORTH OF THE CLASS C AIRSPACE AROUND ALBUQUERQUE, AND PLANNED ON REJOINING I-40 WEST OF ALBUQUERQUE. THE PILOT DEVIATED AND BEGAN FOLLOWING INTERSTATE 550, WHICH HE BELIEVED TO BE I-40. THE PILOT WAS NAVIGATING USING A WORLD AERONAUTICAL CHART. THE FLIGHT TRAVELED 70 MILES AND WHEN THE PILOT DID NOT REACH GALLUP, HE BEGAN SEARCHING FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING SITE DUE TO LOW FUEL. HE ELECTED TO LAND ON WHAT APPEARED TO BE A DIRT AIRSTRIP. THE AIRPLANE LANDED, AND THE AIRPLANE'S RIGHT WING CONTACTED A BARBED WIRE FENCE 3/4 OF THE WAY DOWN THE DIRT STRIP. 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. THE RIGHT WING ROOT AND RIGHT WING STRUT WERE STRUCTURALLY DAMAGED. ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB FTW02LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA166), May 30, 2002: Piper PA-22-160 (N9051D), Nageezi, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to select a suitable landing site, which resulted in a collision with a fence. From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.