# Incident 19840401019569I: Piper PA30, Moriarty, NM, April 1, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1984, 15:50 local time
- Place: Moriarty, NM
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N7077Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7077Y-2013-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840401019569I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE FAILED ON CLIMBOUT. ELECTED TO LAND ON A FREEWAY DUE TO GUSTY WINDS. FUEL INJECTORS WERE CLOGGED.

## Other reports on N7077Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19790715018019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790715018019A), Jul 15, 1979: Piper PA30 (N7077Y), Smartsville, CA, Substantial damage. Allowed acft to drift left of rwy centerline. Landed on left edge, ran off runway into a fence.

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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