# Accident 20180608017029A: Aerovodochody L-29 DELFIN, Moriarity, NM, June 8, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2018, 08:00 local time
- Place: Moriarity, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9822° N, 105.9908° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9822&lon=-105.9908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4323N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4323N-2019-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerovodochody L-29 DELFIN (registry code 0564310, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerovodochody-l-29-delfin) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROVODOCHODY L-29 DELFIN
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 27,600 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA218) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180608017029A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 8, 2018, AT 0800 A AEROVODCHODY L-29 N4323N REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 26 AT MORARITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT MORARITY, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS NOT INJURED, THE STUDENT (PRIVATE PILOT) RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MORARITY, NEW MEXICO ON JUNE 8, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 0740.

## 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 CEN18LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA218), Jun 8, 2018: Aerovodochody L 29 Delfin (N4323N), Moriarty, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper glidepath during a visual approach and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in ground impact before the runway.

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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