# Accident 20130907016669A: Cessna 180, Gallup, NM, September 7, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2013, 13:30 local time
- Place: Gallup, NM
- Airport: Gallup Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5111° N, 108.7894° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5111&lon=-108.7894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N561AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N561AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 320 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA541](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA541) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130907016669A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2013 AT 1330 MDT A CESSNA 180, N561AT, REGISTERED TO JOHN R TABER GROUND LOOPED AFTER LANDING AT GALLUP MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, GALLUP, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROGLOCIAL CONDITIONS PREVALED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PORTALES, NM ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2013, AT 1100 MDT.

## 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 CEN13LA541](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA541), Sep 7, 2013: Cessna 180 (N561AT), Gallup, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane directional control during the landing roll due to his diverted attention.

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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