# Accident 20020312003389A: Schler ASW19, Moriarty, NM, March 12, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2002, 15:40 local time
- Place: Moriarty, NM
- Airport: Moriarty Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0400° N, 106.6092° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0400&lon=-106.6092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333US, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N333US) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher ASW-19 (registry code 3801508, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLER ASW19
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020312003389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 03/12/02, AT APPROXIMATELY 1540 MST, N333US, A SCHLEICHER ASW-19 GLIDER, PILOTED BY JANIS WHITE WAS DESTROYED ON LANDING AT THE MORIARTY, NM AIRPORT. TOW WAS RELEASED AT 600' AGL AND THE PILOT WAS RETURNING FOR LANDING ON RWY 26. ON DOWNWIND APPROXIMATELY 400' AGL WITH 1/2 SPOILERS DEPLOYED, SHE BEGAN THE TURN TO ALIGN WITH THE RUNWAY. APPROXIMATELY 200-300' AGL TURNING FINAL, SHE OVERSHOT THE LANDING & STEEPENED THE BANK. LEFT WINGTIP IMPACTED THE GROUND AND THE GLIDER HIT THE GROUND. WINGS WERE NOT DAMAGED & TAIL WAS BROKEN IN TWO PLACES. PILOT WAS SOLE OCCUPANT & RECEIVED MINORBA CK INJURIES. BRIEFING & FLIGHT PLAN UNKNOWN.                               (.19) ON MARCH 12, 2002, AT 1600 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A SCHLEICHER AS-W19 GLIDER, N333US, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IMPACTED THE GROUND WHILE MANEUVERING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 26 AT THE MORIARTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MORIARTY, NEW MEXICO. THE PRIVATE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 15 57 FROM THE MORIARTY AIRPORT.

## 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 FTW02LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA092), Mar 12, 2002: Schleicher AS-W19 (N333US), Moriarty, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's attempt to perform a turn upwind at a altitude too low to complete the turn. A factor was the turbulance.

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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