# Incident 20230526008289I: Ryan NAVION, Moriarty, NM, May 26, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2023, 15:15 local time
- Place: Moriarty, NM
- Airport: Moriarty Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- 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: N301, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION (registry code 6150160, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN NAVION
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230526008289I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 26, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 03:15 P.M. MDT, A RYAN NAVION, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY SHORTLY AFTER LANDING AT MORIARTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NEW MEXICO (0E0) WHILE ON A FERRY FLIGHT.  MARGINAL VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SANTA ROSA, NEW MEXICO (KSXU), ON MAY 26, 2023, AT 02:15 P.M.

THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING A NORMAL LANDING WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A CROSSWIND FROM A MICROBURST.   HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT AND IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN A BENT PROPELLER AND COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR.  THERE WAS NO REPORT MADE TO NEITHER THE FAA NOR NTSB.

## Other reports on N301 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910927049309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910927049309I), Sep 27, 1991: Tmpson NAVION* (N301), King City, CA, Minor damage. Pilot made a gear up landing during local dual instructional flight.

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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