# Accident 20050918026109A: Schler ASW20B, Moriarty, NM, September 18, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2005, 15:15 local time
- Place: Moriarty, NM
- Airport: Moriarty Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9856° N, 106.0094° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9856&lon=-106.0094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734K-2013-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher ASW-20B (registry code 3801520, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLER ASW20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,445 total, 162 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05CA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050918026109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATES THAT AERIAL TOW WAS INITIATED. FLAPS WERE SET TO ZERO FOR TAKEOFF. WIND WAS GUSTY FROM THE WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 3 TO 5 KTS. DEPARTURE INITIATED FROM RUNWAY 26. ABOUT 20 TO 30 YARDS INTO THE TOW, THE LEFT WING BEGAN TO RISE. PILOT STATES THAT HE APPLIED FULL LEFT AILERON AND LEFT RUDDER TO ATTEMPT TO REGAIN LATERAL CONTROL. RIGHT WING TIP DRAGGED THE GROUND. BOTH TOW PILOT AND GLIDER PILOT HIT THE TOWLINE RELEASE AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME. HOWEVER, THE TOW PILOT WAS LIKELY FIRST TO RELEASE. WITNESS STATES THAT TOW LINE SNAPPED BACK TO THE GLIDER AND MAY HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. RIGHT WING TIP DRAGGED GROUND AND AIRCRAFT SPUN TO THE RIGHT THEN SLID BACKWARDS TO A COMPLETE STOP. DAMAGE TO AFT FUSELAGE/TAIL BOOM, UNDERSIDE OF LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, CANOPY CRACKED.

## 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 DEN05CA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA146), Sep 19, 2005: Schleicher ASW-20B (N734K), Moriarty, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain control of the glider during the takeoff roll which resulted in a ground loop.

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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