# Incident 20050709012859I: Piper PA25235, Moriarty, NM, July 9, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2005, 12:45 local time
- Place: Moriarty, NM
- Airport: Moriarty Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9782° N, 106.0000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORIARTY MUNI (0E0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9782&lon=-106.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6810Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6810Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050709012859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 9, 2005, AT 1245 MDT, A PIPER PAWNEE (PA-25-235) N6810Z, REGISTERED TO ALBUQUERQUE SOARING CLUB INC., STRUCK THE PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY AT MORARITY AIRPORT, MORARITY, NM (0E0) WHILE TOWING A GLIDER. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MORARITY, NM ON JULY 9, 2005 AT 1245 MDT.

## Other reports on N6810Z (2)

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

- [Incident 19891029059639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891029059639I), Oct 29, 1989: Piper PA25235 (N6810Z), Moriarty, NM, Minor damage. While attempting to turn around on runway a wind gust caught left wing causing right wing to strike runway.
- [Incident 19860830050549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860830050549I), Aug 30, 1986: Piper PA25235 (N6810Z), Taso, NM. Returning from a tow found runway blocked by a glider. Ran out of fuel while circling. Landed on a road.

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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