# Accident 19780125000709A: Gruman TBM3EAIRTRD, Moriarty, NM, January 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1978
- Place: Moriarty, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 35.0034° N, 106.0444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Moriarty, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0034&lon=-106.0444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9710Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9710Z-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman TBM-3E (registry code 3950310, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-tbm-3e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-2600 series (registry code 67050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-2600-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAN TBM3EAIRTRD
- Reported engine: WRIGHT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,999 total, 4 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN78FQA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FQA11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780125000709A

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 40.

## 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 DEN78FQA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FQA11), Jan 25, 1978: Grumman TBM-3E (N9710Z), Moriarty, NM, substantial damage

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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