ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 221700
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| Date: | Friday 8 June 2018 |
| Time: | 07:53 |
| Type: |  Aero Vodochody L-29 Delfin |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4323N |
| MSN: | 194145 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 739 hours |
| Engine model: | Motorlet M701-500C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Moriarty, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Moriarty, NM (0E0) |
| Moriarty, NM (0E0) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial pilot was receiving his second training flight after purchasing the vintage single-engine, turbine-powered airplane. While on a visual approach, the pilot flew below the glidepath with a slow airspeed and allowed a sink rate to develop. Subsequently, the flight instructor assumed control of the airplane and applied full engine power; however, the airplane continued to settle and impacted terrain 1/2 mile short of the runway. The flight instructor stated that he had “let his guard down” during the final approach and had not intervened quickly enough because the airplane descended below the glidepath. The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper glidepath and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action allowed the airplane to descend and hit terrain short of the runway.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper glidepath during a visual approach and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in ground impact before the runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Feb-2019 10:47 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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