# Accident 20041229033129A: Piper PA31P, Gallup, NM, December 29, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2004, 10:30 local time
- Place: Gallup, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4750° N, 108.7472° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4750&lon=-108.7472&mi=10
- Aircraft: N573B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N573B-2006-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31P (registry code 7103120, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIGO-541SER (registry code 41539, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tigo-541ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P
- Reported engine: LYC TIGO541E1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 935 total, 57 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05FA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041229033129A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 29, 2004 AT 1030 MST, A PIPER PA-31P, N573B REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CRASHED 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF RUNWAY 24 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT GALLUP, NM, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME WHEN THE DEVIATION FROM THE IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS GIVEN FOR A VISUAL APPROACH AT GALLUP MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GLENDALE, AZ ON DECEMBER 29, 2004.

## 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 DEN05FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05FA045), Dec 29, 2004: Piper PA-31P (N573B), Gallup, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain minimum controllable airspeed which resulted in the loss of control, and impact with wires, a tree and terrain.

## Other reports on N573B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19970724026429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970724026429I), Jul 24, 1997: Piper PA31P (N573B), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Narrative: on July 24, 1997, Piper PA-31-P, N573B piloted by david leland salinger, cert #546278304 (with airplane multiengine land rating) landed at north Las…

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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