# NTSB WPR22LA306: Cessna L-19E, N320DA, Moriarty, NM, August 14, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 14, 2022, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC) - Place: Moriarty, NM - Coordinates: 34.982693, -106.00555 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9827&lon=-106.0055&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 105746 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR22LA306 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105746/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105746 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA306 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control and the flight instructor's inadequate remedial action during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna L-19E, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2074016), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Attention/monitoring: monitoring other person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535): Personnel issues › Psychological · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna L-19E, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535/cases.md?model=2074016), [All aircraft, 200 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna L-19E, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2074016), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna L-19E, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2074016), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The flight instructor and airline transport pilot receiving instruction were performing takeoffs and landings in the tailwheel-equipped airplane. The first two landings were uneventful, and they had planned for the third to be a full stop with the airplane configured for a three-point landing. During the landing roll, the airplane began to veer left. The pilot applied full right rudder and brakes, but the airplane continued the left turn and exited the runway surface. The airplane ground looped, coming to rest facing approximately 90o from the runway centerline. The right wing was substantially damaged. The pilots both reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N320DA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N320DA), registered now, S/N 61-2986 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA L-19E - Registry model: [Cessna L-19E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-l-19e) (registry code 2074016) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 61-2986 - Year built: 1961 - Airframe hours: 3938 - Engines: Continental Motors O-470-11 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 14, 2022, 101 hours before - Departed: 0E0, Moriarty, NM - Airport: 0E0, Moriarty Muni, runway 26, 7,702 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: None ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 72; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review September 30, 2021; seat: rear; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 6,400 total, 99 in this make and model, 6,150 as pilot in command, 40 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 39; injuries: none; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1; seat: front; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 1,807 total, 1 in this make and model, 1,662 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 48 °F - Altimeter: 30.35 inHg - Observed at: KCQC, 17 nm away - METAR: KCQC 141753Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 26/09 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP174 T02560089 10261 20139 58003 ## 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 20220814020179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220814020179A), Aug 14, 2022: Cessna L-19E, Moriarty, NM, Substantial damage. On August 14, 2022, at 1130 MDT, a Cessna L-19E, a conventional gear single engine land airplane, [privacy data omitted]was on a dual instructional flight from… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 2, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105746. 1.9 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 8 pages, 1.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14314638&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20Master_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photo damage provided by FAA (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 605 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14408390&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Damage%20Provided%20by%20FAA-Rel.pdf 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. 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