# Accident 19730915030929A: Scwzer SGS126B, Moriarty, NM, September 15, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1973
- Place: Moriarty, NM
- Airport: Moriarty Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 34.9782° N, 106.0000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORIARTY MUNI (0E0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9782&lon=-106.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8671R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8671R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26B (registry code 8050118, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,250 total, 12 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74DQA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74DQA17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730915030929A

## Narrative

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

LOST LIFT,SELECTED OFF-AIRPORT LDNG SITE.GUSTS TO 25KTS.

## 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 DEN74DQA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74DQA17), Sep 15, 1973: Schweizer SGS126 (N8671R), Moriarty, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8671R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19800927050089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800927050089A), Sep 27, 1980: Scwzer SGS126B (N8671R), Moriarity, NM, Destroyed. Control stick forward movement blocked on takeoff by open utility box door. Airplane stalled on tow release.

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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