# Accident 20000728009159A: Cessna A188, Gallup, NM, July 28, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2000, 18:22 local time
- Place: Gallup, NM
- Airport: Gallup Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EKIA
- Location: 35.5192° N, 108.7292° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5192&lon=-108.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8188V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8188V-2012-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188 (registry code 2073004, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 4 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000728009159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 28, 2000, AT APPROX. 1900 MDT, A CESSNA 188, N8188V LANDED ON RUNWAY 24 AT THE GALLUP MUNI AIRPORT IN GALLUP, NM. WHILE ON A FERRY FLIGHT FROM COLORADO TO YUMA, AZ. THE WINDS WERE APPROX. 360 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS. DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT THE A/C VEERED RIGHT FROM WHAT THE PILOT DESCRIVED AS A FEELING OF A TIRE FOING FLAT. THE PILOT INTIATED CORRECTIVE ACTION BACK TO THE LEFT AT WHICH TIME THE A/C RIGHT GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE A/C. THE A/C CONTINUED TO SLIDE TO THE LEFT ACROSS AND OFF OF THE RUNWAY. THE A/C SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. A POST INSPECTION OF THE REVEALED THE HUB HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE AXEL. (.4)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 A       IRPLANE 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).

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB DEN00LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA140), Jul 29, 2000: Cessna A188 (N8188V), Gallup, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: 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.

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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