20220813014549I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Ryan NAVION · Moriarty, NM · August 13, 2022

Date
August 13, 2022 · 09:00 local
Place
Moriarty, NM
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4581K
Reported as
Ryan Navion
Reported engine
Continental E185 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,250 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On August 13, 2022, at approximately 1400 MDT, a Ryan Navion, a single engine land airplane, privacy data omitted was on a pleasure flight from Moriarty municipal airport, new Mexico (0E0), under visual flight rules when the aircraft ran out of fuel attempting to land on rwy 36 at 0E0. The pilot attempted to glide to rwy 36 but was several miles away. The pilot extended the landing gear and initiated a landing in a grassy field south of rwy 36. The aircraft rolled several hundred feet and finally came to rest after striking a "hump" in the dirt, damaging the nose landing gear and the propeller. The pilot and his single passenger were uninjured. The aircraft received minor damage overall, and no FAA flight plan was filed. The flight originated at the moriarity municipal airport (0E0), new Mexico, on August 13, 2022, at 1235 MDT.

As the FAA filed it

ON AUGUST 13, 2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 MDT, A RYAN NAVION, A SINGLE ENGINE LAND AIRPLANE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM MORIARTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NEW MEXICO (0E0), UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES WHEN THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RWY 36 AT 0E0. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GLIDE TO RWY 36 BUT WAS SEVERAL MILES AWAY. THE PILOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR AND INITIATED A LANDING IN A GRASSY FIELD SOUTH OF RWY 36. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET AND FINALLY CAME TO REST AFTER STRIKING A "HUMP" IN THE DIRT, DAMAGING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT AND HIS SINGLE PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE OVERALL, AND NO FAA FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE MORIARITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (0E0), NEW MEXICO, ON AUGUST 13, 2022, AT 1235 MDT.