# NTSB DEN00LA008: Fairchild M62A (PT-19), N56268, Gallup, NM, October 20, 1999 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 20, 1999, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC) - Place: Gallup, NM - Coordinates: 35.800151, -108.569999 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8002&lon=-108.5700&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 23, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 47601 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN00LA008 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/47601/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA008 ## Probable cause Failure by the pilot in command to maintain control of the aircraft during landing roll. Factors were a lack of experience of either pilot in kind and type of aircraft. ## Analysis During landing roll, the aircraft started to swerve and both pilots made control inputs simultaneously. The result was over correction and the aircraft departed the side of the runway and struck a runway light, which caused the main landing gear to collapse. Neither pilot was experienced in the aircraft type or make and model. ## Factual narrative On October 20, 1999, at 1230 mountain daylight time, a Fairchild M62A (PT-19), N56268, sustained substantial damage when it departed the side of the runway during landing roll at Gallup, New Mexico. The private and commercial/flight instructor pilots on board were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for this ferry flight operating under title 14 CFR Part 91 and no flight plan was filed. The flight departed Prescott, Arizona, at 1000 mountain standard time. According to the pilot, the aircraft began swerving during landing roll and departed the side of the runway which damaged the main landing gear, the left wing tip, and the underside of the aircraft when it struck a runway light. The pilot in command was occupying the front seat and the other pilot, who was conducting the landing, was in the rear seat. The pilot in command said, when the aircraft started to swerve, he got on the controls with the other pilot which resulted in an "over correction" to the swerve. Control was lost and after several swerves, the aircraft departed the side of the runway, and struck a landing light which caused the main landing gear to collapse. Neither pilot was experienced in type or kind of aircraft. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - Gear collapsed, landing - roll - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, flightcrew - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, flightcrew (contributing factor) - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, flightcrew (contributing factor) ## Aircraft - Registration: [N56268](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56268), registered now, S/N T43-5242, built 1943 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Fairchild M62A (PT-19) (M62A (PT-1) - Registry model: [Fairchild M-62A](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-m-62a) (registry code 3371604) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Fairchild 6-440 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/fairchild-6-440-series) (registry code 26003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: T43-5242 - Airframe hours: 338 - Engines: Ranger 6-440-C5 200 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Ferry, Part 91 - Registered owner: John B. Northrup - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, February 6, 1999, 18 hours before - Departed: PRC, PRESCOTT, AZ - Destination: GUP - Airport: GUP, Gallup Municipal, runway 24, 7,312 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 33; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 185 total, 14 in this make and model, 74 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 15 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 260° at 5 knots - Visibility: 25 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 14 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: GUP, 1 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19991020036929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991020036929A), Oct 20, 1999: Frchld M62A, Gallup, NM, Substantial damage. (.4) On October 20, 1999, at 1230 mountain daylight time, a fairchild M62A (PT-19), N56268, sustained substantial damage when it departed the side of the… From the NTSB's public API. 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