M20P PLT HIT TREES WHILE ATTEMPTING A NIGHT APCH TO AN ARPT WITH NOTAMED INOP RWY LIGHTS; AND NOTAMED INOP PAPI.

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I WAS APCHING THE ARPT IN NIGHT VMC WHEN A NEAR COLLISION WITH TREES OCCURRED. I WAS AWARE BY NOTAM THAT RWY LIGHTS WERE OTS. ALSO; I HAD OVERHEARD ARPT MGMNT PREVIOUSLY IN THE DAY DISCUSSING THE ROTATING BEACON BEING OTS DUE TO ARPT CONSTRUCTION INADVERTENTLY CUTTING PWR CABLES. PRIOR TO DEP FROM HQU (FOR TRIP TO GSP); I RECEIVED A WX BRIEFING FROM MACON FSS. RWY LIGHTS WERE NOTAMED OTS BUT NO MENTION OF BEACON WAS MADE. PRIOR TO DEPARTING GSP FOR HQU (NOW NIGHTTIME XA30); I REQUESTED AN UPDATED BRIEFING FROM ANDERSON FSS AND AGAIN RECEIVED NOTAM ON RWY LIGHTS BUT NOTHING ON ROTATING BEACON (I SPECIFICALLY ASKED; BUT BRIEFER HAD NO DATA ON IT). AS I APCHED THE FACILITY (HQU); I WAS OFFERED A VISUAL APCH; BUT DECLINED IT BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE FIELD DUE TO THE LACK OF ROTATING BEACON AND RWY LIGHTS (SOME TXWY LIGHTS WERE OPERATIONAL BUT I COULD NOT IDENT THE FIELD). I REQUESTED AND WAS CLRED FOR AN ILS APCH TO RWY 10 (NO REIL; VASI OR OTHER APCH LIGHTS). AT ABOUT 600 FT AGL ON GS AND LOC; I WAS ABLE TO IDENT THE FIELD BASED ON APPEARANCE OF TXWY LIGHTS (AIMED FOR THE DARK EDGE AS I WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE FIELD AND HAD FLOWN AT NIGHT IN THE PATTERN 1 DAY PREVIOUS). AT ABOUT 300 FT AGL OR LESS; I BECAME DISORIENTED TO THE PERCEIVED LOCATION OF THE RWY AND CORRECTED FLT PATH. AS I DID; MY LNDG LIGHTS ILLUMINATED TREES AHEAD. I REALIZED THAT I OVERCORRECTED AND WAS TOO FAR L OF THE RWY 10. I EXECUTED A MISSED APCH AND WAS ABLE TO ENTER THE TFC PATTERN VFR AND FLY VISUALLY TO THE OTHER END OF THE RWY AND WITH AIDE OF THE VASI (RWY 28). I LANDED ON RWY 28 SUCCESSFULLY. THE LACK OF ROTATING BEACON COUPLED WITH RWY LIGHTS OTS AND NO APCH LIGHTS MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH VISUAL REF TO THE FIELD FROM ANY DISTANCE. AN ILS APCH WITH 'THE FIELD IN SIGHT' BUT NO ACTUAL VISUAL REF TO THE ACTUAL RWY IS INSUFFICIENT TO CONTINUE THE APCH. I SHOULD HAVE USED OTHER END OF RWY OR LANDED AT ANOTHER FACILITY WITH SUFFICIENT OPERABLE LIGHTING.