# Accident 20180710010849A: Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau Gmbh VENTUS 3F, Moriarty, NM, July 10, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2018, 15:07 local time
- Place: Moriarty, NM
- Airport: Moriarty
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- 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: N753R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N753R-2021-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau VENTUS 3F (registry code 3801959, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-flugzeugbau-ventus-3f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHEMPP-HIRTH FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH VENTUS 3F
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,319 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18FA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA262) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180710010849A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 10, 2018, AT 1507 MDT, A 2017 SCHEMPP-HIRTH FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH VENTUS 3F GLIDER, REGISTRATION NUMBER N753R, REGISTERED TO RENARD R. ROZZONI IMPACTED THE GROUND .73 NAUTICAL MILES AND A BEARING OF 134 DEGREES FROM THE RUNWAY ON LANDING APPROACH AT MORIARTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MORIARTY, NEW MEXICO WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MORIARTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MORIARTY, NEW MEXICO ON JULY 10, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1345 MDT.

## 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 CEN18FA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA262), Jul 10, 2018: Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau Ventus 3F (N753R), Moriarty, NM, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's exceedance of the glider's critical angle of attack during a low-altitude turn, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent impact with terrain.

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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