# Accident 20210411004529A: Piper PA-28-180, Silver City, NM, April 11, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2021, 20:40 local time
- Place: Silver City, NM
- Airport: Grant County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6365° N, 108.1564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6365&lon=-108.1564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222BM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N222BM-2022-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 490 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA174) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210411004529A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 11, 2021, AT 2040 MDT, N222BM, A PIPER PA-28-180 CHEROKEE, SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, IMPACTED AN AIRPORT BOUNDARY FENCE WHILE LANDING AT THE GRANT COUNTY AIRPORT (KSVC), SILVER CITY, NM.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PRIVATE PILOT, DID NOT FILE A VFR FLIGHT PLAN AND WAS ON A PERSONAL CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT DEPARTING COOLIDGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (P08), COOLIDGE, AZ AT 1000 MST ON APRIL 11, 2021.  THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER EXPERIENCED MINOR INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY 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 WPR21LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA174), Apr 12, 2021: Piper PA-28-180 (N222BM), Silver City, NM, substantial damage. 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.

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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