# Accident 20100905045309A: Schempp-Hir STANDARD CI, Moriarity, NM, September 5, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2010, 13:30 local time
- Place: Moriarity, NM
- Airport: Moriarity Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- 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: N4664, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4664-2018-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS (registry code 38019VE, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-standard-cirrus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHEMPP-HIR STANDARD CI
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 1 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA542](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA542) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100905045309A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER DEPARTED RUNWAY 026, DEPARTED NORTHWEST ON TOW.  WHILE PASSING THROUGH 2000 FEET AGL, IN MODERATE TURBULANCE, CANOPY BECAME UNLATCHED. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO SECURE/HOLD CANOPY WHILE MANEUVERING BACK TO AIRPORT. OVER THE AIRPORT, PILOT CIRCLED TO LOSE ALTITUDE, CONTROLLING THE AIRCRAFT WITH ONE HAND, HOLDING THE CANOPY DOWN WITH THE OTHER.  PILOT UNABLE TO APPLY SPOILER, MADE  LONG, LOW APPROACH AND LANDED IN A FIELD OCCUPIED BY HORSES. IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE ANIMALS, THE PILOT STRUCK A FENCE POST WITH THE GLIDER'S RIGHT WING.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 350 FEET FROM THE POINT OF IMPACT SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## 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 CEN10CA542](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA542), Sep 5, 2010: Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus (N4664), Moriarty, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent opening of the cockpit canopy for undetermined reasons.

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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