# NTSB WPR26LA010: Glasflugel STD Libelle 201B, N1095G, Moriarty, NM, October 5, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: October 5, 2025, 15:57 local (21:57 UTC)
- Place: Moriarty, NM · Moriarty, NM, 1 mi E of 0E0
- Coordinates: 34.981389, -104.02065
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9814&lon=-104.0207&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of lift](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/500)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 20, 2025
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201816
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA010
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201816/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=201816
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA010

## Probable cause

The glider’s encounter with atmospheric conditions where lift was not sufficient to maintain flight.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Temp/humidity/pressure: thermal lifting](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03031040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Glasflugel STD LIBELLE 201B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03031040/cases.md?model=3800344), [All aircraft, 53 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03031040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Attain/maintain not possible (probable cause); cases with it: [Glasflugel STD LIBELLE 201B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012/cases.md?model=3800344), [All aircraft, 1,310 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Loss of lift](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/500) (defining event); cases with it: [Glasflugel STD LIBELLE 201B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/500/sequence.md?model=3800344), [All aircraft, 252 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/500/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [Glasflugel STD LIBELLE 201B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md?model=3800344), [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that during the return flight to the airport, the glider did not have sufficient altitude to reach the airport, and he had to initiate an off airport landing. During the forced landing on rough terrain, the glider ground looped to the right and the landing gear collapsed. The glider sustained substantial damage to the landing gear attachment points and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the glider that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1095G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1095G), registered now, S/N 348, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLASFLUGEL STD LIBELLE 201B
- Registry model: [Glasflugel STD LIBELLE 201B](https://openairdocs.org/model/glasflugel-std-libelle-201b) (registry code 3800344) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 348
- Year built: 1972
- Airframe hours: 2676.2
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 2025
- Departed: 0E0, Moriarty, NM
- Airport: 0E0, Moriarty Muni, runway 08/26, 7,702 × 75 ft, dirt
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; injuries: none; private; last flight review September 4, 2023; seat: single; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 170.4 total, 80.8 in this make and model, 149.6 as pilot in command, 8.5 in the last 90 days, 4.5 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 13 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter: 30.10 inHg
- Observed at: K0E0, 1 nm away
- METAR: METAR K0E0 062155Z AUTO 21013G20KT 10SM CLR 27/M05 A3010 RMK AO2 T02701051=

## 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 20251005020909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251005020909A), Oct 5, 2025: Glasflugel STD LIBELLE 201B, Moriarty, NM, Substantial damage. On October 5th, 2025, a Glasflugel glider wis involved in an off airfield landing accident. The glider departed 0E0 early afternoon via towplane on a personal…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 20, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=201816. 4.9 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 4.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19532676&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_1_Form_N1095G_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photographs (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 617 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19532568&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photos-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. Compare the reported make and model.

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