# Accident 20241011021319A: Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE, Moriarty, NM, October 11, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2024, 14:10 local time
- Place: Moriarty, NM
- Airport: Moriarty Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- 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: N41FL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41FL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE (registry code 3800341, https://openairdocs.org/model/glasflugel-standard-libelle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLASFLUGEL STANDARD LIBELLE
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 80 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241011021319A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 11, 2024, AT OR AROUND 13:10 MST, A GLASFLUGEL STANDARD LIBELLE, CRASHED (ACCIDENT) JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY WHILE LANDING AT MORIARTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (0E0), MORIARTY, NM, ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN MORIARTY, NM ON OCTOBER 11, 2024.

THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE GLIDE SLOPE TO THE RUNWAY.              JRK

## 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 WPR25LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA015), Oct 11, 2024: Glasflugel Standard Libelle (N41FL), Moriarty, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate glidepath, which resulted in the glider landing on rough terrain short of the runway.

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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