# Accident 20140719011459A: Black, Christopher SPARROW SPORT SPEC, Moriarty, NM, July 19, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2014, 15:50 local time
- Place: Moriarty, NM
- Airport: Moriarty Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9781° N, 106.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9781&lon=-106.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41475, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41475) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Black Christopher SPARROW SPORT SPEC (registry code 056174N, https://openairdocs.org/model/black-christopher-sparrow-sport-spec) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLACK, CHRISTOPHER SPARROW SPORT SPEC
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 276 total, 30 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA386](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA386) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140719011459A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 19, 2014, AT 1550 MST, A BLACK CHRISTOPHER AMATEUR BUILT SPARROW SPORT SPEC, N41475, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLIPPED OVER ON LANDING AT MORIARTY AIRPORT, MORIARTY, NEW MEXICO, WHILE FLYING FROM CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO TO ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO ON JULY 19, 2014, AT 12:06 MST.

## 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 CEN14CA386](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA386), Jul 20, 2014: Black Christopher Sparrow Sport Spec (N41475), Moriarty, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control while landing in gusty crosswind conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's operation of the engine above its normal temperature limit on takeoff.

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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