# NTSB Accident FTW97LA315
> **Piper PA-28-180** · 1997-08-19 · GILA, NM, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW97LA315
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08627
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-08-19
- **Location:** GILA, NM, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.959877, -108.569686
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-180
- **Registration:** N9455J
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DUSK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's impairment of judgment and performance due to alcohol, and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane, which resulted in a ground swerve, and collision with vegetation (cactus) and a fence.  Related factors were: the soft runway condition and surrounding obstructions (high vegetation and fence).

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