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| Date: | Friday 11 October 2024 |
| Time: | 14:10 |
| Type: |  Glasflügel H-201B Standard Libelle |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N41FL |
| MSN: | 292 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Moriarty Municipal Airport (0E0), Moriarty, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Moriarty Municipal Airport, NM (0E0) |
| Moriarty Municipal Airport, NM (0E0) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot of the glider reported that, while on the downwind leg of the airport traffic pattern, he partially deployed the flight spoilers and extended his downwind leg as the glider was too high. He misjudged his distance to the runway during this time and the glider lost more altitude than the pilot had anticipated. The pilot flared during final; however, the glider impacted rough terrain short of the runway threshold. The glider sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and empennage.
The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the glider that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate glidepath, which resulted in the glider landing on rough terrain short of the runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195318
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=41FL
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N41FL/history/20241011/1910Z
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Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2024 15:54 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 21-Oct-2024 18:53 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Accident report, ] |
| 09-Apr-2025 15:32 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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