# Accident 19980524011059A: Mooney M20F, Moriarty, NM, May 24, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1998, 11:45 local time
- Place: Moriarty, NM
- Airport: Moriarty Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0004° N, 106.0398° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0004&lon=-106.0398&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6476Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6476Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 568 total, 547 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA246) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980524011059A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUST HIT DURING FLARE. RIGHT WING HIT RUNWAY. THEN LEFT AND RIGHT WHEEL PRIOR STOPPING WRINKLED WING. (-23) ON MAY 24, 1998 AT 11:50 MDT, A MOONEY, M20F, N6476Q, REGISTERED TO AND FLOWN BY GLENN ALAN WATTS ON A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT, WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT THE MORIARTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT NEAR ALBUQUERQUE, NM.  THE AIRPLANE MADE AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 26 FOR A LANDING.  THE RIGHT WING TIP MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 1200 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF 26. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN HARD, THEN THE AIRPLANE SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY ON BOTH MAIN GEAR.  THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, ALONG WITH GUSTY SURFACE WINDS.

## 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 FTW98LA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA246), May 24, 1998: Mooney M20F (N6476Q), Moriarty, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the unfavorable wind condition, and failure of the pilot to adequately compensate for the wind condition during the landing flare.

## Other reports on N6476Q (3)

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

- [Incident 20220708012079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220708012079I), Jul 8, 2022: Mooney M20F (N6476Q), Edgewood, NM, Minor damage. On July 8, 2022, at 1430 MST, a Mooney, [privacy data omitted], M20F, [privacy data omitted], while landing on rwy 9 the gear collapsed at Edgewood, NM, while…
- [Incident 19990521015759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990521015759I), May 21, 1999: Mooney M20F (N6476Q), Moriarty, NM, Minor damage. On may 21, 1999, at approximately 1730 MDT, a MOONEY20, N6476Q, landed gear up during a proficiency training flight at the moriarity airport in moriarity, NM.…
- [Incident 19900928059059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900928059059I), Sep 28, 1990: Mooney M20F (N6476Q), Brady, TX. Engine quit. Dead stick landing at airport. NR3 connecting rod broke and destroyed engine.

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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