- Date
- August 9, 1973
- Place
- Moriarty, NM · MORIARTY, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N106ABMcdonald S-20
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730809021069A
- Case key
- 189112
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2544 73/8/9 MORIARTY,N MEX MCDONALD S-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 531 TIME - 1345 N106AB PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORIARITY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VALLEJO,CALIF MORIARTY,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 90 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- UN TO SUSTAIN FLT DUE TO DNDRAFT.RW IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N106AB
- Reported as
- Mcdonald S-20
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Moriarity Muni
N106ABRegistration cancelled Sep 9, 2026 · Macdonald S-20Airframe modelMacdonald S-20Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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