Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Gallup Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Gallup, New Mexico 87301
Friday, July 28, 2000 18:22 MDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The pilot had just purchased the airplane, and was ferrying it to its new home base. Since an annual inspection was not current, a ferry permit was issued by the FAA for this flight. The pilot was landing to refuel. The pilot determined the wind was from the north as he made 'a normal wheel landing with some braking' on runway 24. The pilot stated that during the landing roll, 'the right wing lowered and the airplane turned hard left. The right main landing gear collapsed and the right wing struck the ground.' The airplane departed the left side of the runway at approximately 2,260 feet from the approach end, coming to a rest in the grass on the south side. The right main landing gear and right wing were damaged extensively. Recorded winds were 350 degrees at 10 knots gusting to 15 knots. Calculations provided evidence that by landing on runway 24, the pilot was attempting to land with a 20 degree right quartering tailwind. These circumstances provided a tailwind component of 5 knots and a crosswind component of 15 knots. The 1968 Cessna A188 Pilot Operating Handbook does not contain a demonstrated crosswind component listed. However, there is crosswind limitations. The 1983 Cessna A188, which has a higher gross weight than the former, has a demonstrated crosswind component of 17 miles per hour (15 knots).
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The pilot's failure to compensate for the wind conditions. Factors were the pilot's selection of the wrong runway, and the tailwind/crosswind weather conditions.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/28/2000 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1822 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Daylight Time |
| Event City | GALLUP |
| Event State | NEW MEXICO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 87301 |
| Event Date Year | 2000 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | GALLUP MUNICIPAL AIRPORT |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | GUP |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 6472 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1815 Mountain Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | GUP |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 6472 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | MDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 25 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 34 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 3 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 350 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 10 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 15 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 10 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 293 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA NW ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jul 28 2000 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1930 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Mar 4 2001 7:06AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N8188V |
| NTSB Number | DEN00LA140 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Cessna |
| Aircraft Model | A188 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | A188 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 188-0438 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3300 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 1 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 550 |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | SUN WESTERN FLIERS, INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 2095 E. 32ND ST. |
| Aircraft Owner City | YUMA |
| Aircraft Owner State | AZ |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 85365 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | EKIA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Agriculture |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Ferry |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | LVS |
| Departure City | LAS VEGAS |
| Departure State | NM |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1530 |
| Departure Time Zone | MST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Mar 4 2001 7:06AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 24 |
| Runway Length | 7312 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |