# Accident 20220219002359A: S-7, Buckeye, AZ, February 19, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2022, 11:00 local time
- Place: Buckeye, AZ
- Airport: Buckeye Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4189° N, 112.6785° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4189&lon=-112.6785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N242K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N242K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Shelton Joseph G S-7 (registry code 05611Y9, https://openairdocs.org/model/shelton-joseph-g-s-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: S-7
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220219002359A

## Narrative

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

ON 2/19/2022, N242K WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED TRYING TO LAND AT BUCKEYE AIRPORT KBXK.  PILOT APPROACHED TRYING TO LOCATE ULTRALIGHT RUNWAY AND INCORRECTLY ENDED UP LANDING ON PARKING LOT AT BXK.  PILOT SAW POWER LINES (35? AGL) ON SHORT FINAL, MADE ABRUPT PULL-UP TO AVOID, BUT IN DOING SO, LOST ALL SPEED, NEVER RE-ADDED ENGINE POWER AND MADE A HARD LANDING, CAUSING LANDING GEAR TO SPLAY OUTWARD, THEN HIT WEIGHTED PARKING SIGN, RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT NOSING OVER (FORWARD) AND COMING TO REST INVERTED FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF LANDING.

INVESTIGATION REVEALED PILOT MISTOOK WATERED-DOWN PARKING LOT STRIP FOR THE ULTRALIGHT RUNWAY AND OVERFLEW THE ACTUAL RUNWAY THINKING DARK STRIP BEYOND ULTRALIGHT RUNWAY WAS THE ACTUAL LANDING POINT.

ROOT CAUSE WAS PILOT'S UNFAMILIARITY WITH THE AIRPORT AND THE WATERED DOWN PARKING LOT ROW GIVING THE APPEARANCE OF A DIRT RUNWAY, WHICH WAS ADJACENT TO THE ACTUAL ULTRALIGHT RUNWAY.

CORRECTIVE ACTION: PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS COUNSELED, COMPLIANT, AND UNDERSTOOD HIS MISTAKE IN THE ACTUAL MISHAP BY FAILING TO RE-ADD POWER.  HE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF A THOROUGH FLIGHT PLANNING PROCESS TO UNFAMILIAR AIRPORTS AND DID THAT TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE.

I AM CONFIDENT THE COUNSELING AND THAT THE CORRECTIVE ACTION, COUPLED WITH HIS EXPERIENCE IN THIS EVENT, WILL REESTABLISH SAFETY IN THE NAS.  I RECOMMEND NO FURTHER ACTION

## 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 WPR22LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA105), Feb 19, 2022: Shelton Joseph G S-7 (N242K), Buckeye, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack while on final approach to land which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and hard landing.

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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