# Accident 20240515012569A: Stemme Gmbh & Co S10-VT, Moriarty, NM, May 15, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2024, 14:22 local time
- Place: Moriarty, NM
- Airport: Moriarty Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9782° N, 106.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9782&lon=-106.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N995J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N995J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stemme S10-VT (registry code 1130872, https://openairdocs.org/model/stemme-s10-vt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 914 series (registry code 55575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-914-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STEMME GMBH & CO S10-VT
- Reported engine: ROTAX 914 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,649 total, 1,000 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA153) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240515012569A

## Narrative

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

ON 5/15/2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 1422MDT, A MOTORIZED GLIDER TOUCHED DOWN ON RWY 17, WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, GROUND-LOOPED AND CRASHED APPROX 200 YARDS FROM THE RUNWAY END AT THE MORIARTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MORIARTY, NEW MEXICO.  THIS WAS A PERSONAL FLIGHT ORIGINATING AND ARRIVING AT MORIARTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND NO WEATHER BRIEFING WAS RECEIVED.  THE ATP/PIC WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

MANEUVERING ON FINAL APPROACH, THE PILOT FOUND HIMSELF APPROXIMATELY 400 TOO HIGH, CONTINUED THE APPROACH BY MANEUVERING TO ANOTHER RUNWAY. AT NO TIME WAS THE AIRCRAFT STABILIZED ON APPROACH WHICH RESULTED IN LANDING LONG AND TOUCHING DOWN APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET FROM THE END OF THE FINAL RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND DAMAGED THE FUSELAGE. THE PILOT NEVER ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE AND MAKE A GO-AROUND.

NO MAINTENANCE ANOMALIES NOTED DURING MY INVESTIGATION, THIS INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN TURN OVER TO OPERATIONS.

JRK 9/23/2024

## 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 WPR24LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA153), May 15, 2024: Stemme S10-VT (N995J), Moriarty, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s unstabilized approach, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with terrain.

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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