# Accident 20170311001239A: Pipistrel Doo Ajdovscina VIRUS SW, Okmulgee, OK, March 11, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2017, 08:10 local time
- Place: Okmulgee, OK
- Airport: Okmulgee Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6650° N, 95.9461° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6650&lon=-95.9461&mi=10
- Aircraft: N345M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N345M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pipistrel Doo Ajdovscina VIRUS SW (registry code 056321O, https://openairdocs.org/model/pipistrel-doo-ajdovscina-virus-sw) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS2 (registry code 55599, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPISTREL DOO AJDOVSCINA VIRUS SW
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 60 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170311001239A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 11, 2017, AT ABOUT 0810 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A GLIDER-PIPISTREL DOO AJDOVSCINA, VIRUS SW, N345M, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER, OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED DURING LANDING ROLLOUT AT OKMULGEE REGIONAL AIRPORT (OKM), OKLAHOMA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSANGER ONBOARD SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM WELLSTON, OKLAHOMA ABOUT 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

THE PILOT STATED DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, NOT BEING AWARE THAT THE RUNWAY HE LANDED WAS CLOSED, HE COLLIDED WITH A 12-FOOT CHAIN-LINK FENCE THAT WAS RUNNING ACROSS RUNWAY 4 OF THE AIRPORT. FURTHER ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THERE WERE NO VISIBLE SOLID YELLOW CLOSED RUNWAY MARKINGS, SUCH AS ?X? MARK. THE GLIDER DID NOT ENCOUNTER ANY PRE-CRASH MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION BEFORE IT COLLIDED WITH THE FENCE.

## 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 GAA17CA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA185), Mar 11, 2017: Pipistrel Doo Ajdovscina Virus (N345M), Okmulgee, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to review the Federal Aviation Administration chart supplement before landing, which resulted in his landing on a closed runway and collision with a fence. Contributing to the…

## Other reports on N345M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20151101022689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151101022689I), Nov 1, 2015: Pipistrel Doo Ajdovscina VIRUS SW (N345M), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. Pilot was flying approx. 1500' AGL and the engine started running rough and quit, pilot re-started engine and it quit again. Pilot was unsuccessful getting…

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.

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