# Incident 19890831049699I: Boeing PT27, Gallup, NM, August 31, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1989, 14:00 local time
- Place: Gallup, NM
- Airport: Gallup Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5111° N, 108.7893° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GALLUP MUNI (GUP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5111&lon=-108.7893&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73694, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73694) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing PT-27 (registry code 1380150, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-pt-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING PT27
- Reported engine: CONT W670*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890831049699I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT DID NOT GAIN ALTITUDE AFTER LIFT OFF. LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD IN FIELD WITHOUT INCIDENT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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