# Accident 20030608036179A: Grob G102STDAST3, Moriarty, NM, June 8, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2003, 16:00 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: 34.9869° N, 106.0156° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9869&lon=-106.0156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N850BG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GROB G102STDAST3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,496 total, 530 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030608036179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 8, 2003 AT 1600 MDT, AN GROB-G102-III (N850BG) REGISTERED TO, AND OPERATED BY, JOHN G. SULLIVAN, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY FOLLOWING A LOW ALTITUDE STALL DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 26 AT THE MORIARTY, NM (0E0) AIRPORT. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT/AIRCRAFT OWNER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE VFR FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 THAT DEPARTED MORIARTY, NM APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 DEN03LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA100), Jun 8, 2003: Burkhart Grob G102 Standard III (N850BG), Moriarty, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper flare, and his failure to recover from the subsequent bounced landing. Contributing factors include the sudden wind shift and the tail wind.

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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