# Accident 20220114000619A: Piper PA-22-150, Lamesa, TX, January 14, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2022, 19:35 local time
- Place: Lamesa, TX
- Airport: Lamesa Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7376° N, 101.9510° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7376&lon=-101.9510&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6916D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6916D-2022-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,964 total, 669 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220114000619A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 14, 2022, AT 1935 CDT, A

TRI-PACER PA-22-150, BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N6916D,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CRASHED IN A FIELD TEN MILES EAST OF LAMESA, TX (LUV) AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ADDISON, TX (ADS) AIRPORT HEADING TO LEA COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (HOB) IN HOBBS, NM.   THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE PILOT FLEW INTO THE TERRAIN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR SCRAPES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LEA COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (HOB) IN HOBBS, NM ON JANUARY 14, 2022, AT 1012 MST.

## 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 CEN22LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA108), Jan 15, 2022: Piper PA-22-150 (N6916D), Lamesa, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from terrain during a descent that resulted in an impact with terrain.

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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