# Accident 20220814020179A: Cessna L-19E, Moriarty, NM, August 14, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2022, 11:30 local time
- Place: Moriarty, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9827° N, 106.0055° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9827&lon=-106.0055&mi=10
- Aircraft: N320DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N320DA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna L-19E (registry code 2074016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-l-19e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA L-19E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 99 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA306) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220814020179A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 14, 2022, AT 1130 MDT, A CESSNA L-19E, A CONVENTIONAL GEAR SINGLE ENGINE LAND AIRPLANE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS ON A DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL  FLIGHT FROM MORIARTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NEW MEXICO (0E0), UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES WHEN THE PILOT RECEIVING DUAL INSTRUCTION ATTEMPTED TO CONDUCT A THREE POINT LANDING ON RWY 26 AT 0E0. WHILE ROLLING OUT THE AIRCRAFT, THE STUDENT PILOT, GETTING CHECKED OUT IN THE L19, LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY, AND THE INSTRUCTOR/PIC ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER THE BOTCHED LANDING. HOWEVER, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, THE WING SPAR WAS BENT, AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. NO FAA FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND HIS STUDENT WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT  ORIGINATED AT MORIARITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (0E0), NEW MEXICO, ON AUGUST 14, 2022, AT 1015 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 WPR22LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA306), Aug 14, 2022: Cessna L-19E (N320DA), Moriarty, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control and the flight instructor's inadequate remedial action during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.

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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