# NTSB GAA19CA097: Cessna 180, N188H, Moriarty, NM, December 15, 2018 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: December 15, 2018, 09:40 local (16:40 UTC) - Place: Moriarty, NM - Coordinates: 34.970001, -106 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9700&lon=-106.0000&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 26, 2019 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 98777 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA19CA097 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98777/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=98777 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA097 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to see and avoid a parked glider while taxiing from the runway. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Attention/monitoring: monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 180B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md?model=2072606), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022040): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 180B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022040/cases.md?model=2072606), [All aircraft, 116 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 180B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=2072606), [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, after landing, while exiting onto the taxiway, he decided to "cut the corner" instead of following the taxiway centerline. He did not see the parked glider to his right, and at the last second, he applied brakes. Subsequently, the airplane's tail rose, and the elevator struck the glider's vertical and horizontal stabilizer. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right elevator. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The pilot of the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that, after landing, while exiting onto the taxiway, he decided to "cut the corner" instead of following the taxiway centerline. He did not see the parked glider to his right and at the last second, he applied brakes, the airplane's tail came up, and the elevator struck the glider's vertical and horizontal stabilizer. The airplane sustained substantial damage to right elevator. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N188H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N188H), registered now, S/N 50652 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 180 (B) - Registry model: [Cessna 180B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180b) (registry code 2072606) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18050652 - Year built: 1959 - Airframe hours: 3854 - Engines: Continental O-470-50 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, August 1, 2018 - Departed: E92, Estancia, NM - Destination: 0E0, MORIARTY, NM - Airport: 0E0, Moriarty Muni, runway 26, 7,702 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Handheld GPS, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 63; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 1, 2018; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 1,700 total, 900 in this make and model, 1,700 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 34 °F, dew point 18 °F - Altimeter: 30.32 inHg - Observed at: 0E0 ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20181215022251A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181215022251A), Dec 15, 2018: Cessna 180B, Moriarity, NM, Minor damage. On December 15, 2018 at 10:00 MST, a Cessna 180, N188H registered to [privacy data omitted], collided with a parked glider, on landing rollout at Moriarity… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 12, 2019, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=98777. 3.5 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 3.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40470985&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF - Record of Phone Conversation (Pilot) (item 2, .PDF, 132 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40470986&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Phone%20Conversation%20(Pilot)-Master.PDF - Accident Photo (item 3, .PDF, 1 photo, 352 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40470987&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photo-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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