# Incident 20220516007329I: Piper PA-28-140, Moriarty, NM, May 16, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2022, 14:30 local time
- Place: Moriarty, NM
- Airport: Moriarty Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9782° N, 106.0000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORIARTY MUNI (0E0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9782&lon=-106.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6252W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6252W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 775 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220516007329I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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