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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Moriarty, NM · May 16, 2022

Date: May 16, 2022 · 14:30 local
Place: Moriarty, NM
Airport: Moriarty Municipal
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6252W
Reported as: Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 775 total20 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N6252WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-20299 · Built 1964 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On may 16, 2022, at 1430 MST, a Piper PA-28, N6252W, registered to N6252W LLC, ran out of fuel and made an emergency landing on a dirt road near Moriarty, NM, while on a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft had minor damage, and the certificated flight instructor and the airline transport pilot were not injured. The flight originated at denver, Colorado, on may 16, 2022 at 0930 MST.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 16, 2022, AT 1430 MST, A PIPER PA-28, N6252W, REGISTERED TO N6252W LLC, RAN OUT OF FUEL AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD NEAR MORIARTY, NM, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DENVER, COLORADO, ON MAY 16, 2022 AT 0930 MST.