# NTSB DEN00LA140: Cessna A188, N8188V, Gallup, NM, July 29, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 28, 2000, 18:22 local (Jul 29, 2000, 00:22 UTC) - Place: Gallup, NM - Coordinates: 35.519214, -108.729248 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5192&lon=-108.7292&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 2, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 49843 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN00LA140 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49843/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA140 ## 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. ## 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 - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor) - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor) - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor) - compensation for wind conditions - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - Gear collapsed, landing - roll - landing gear,main gear strut - overload ## Analysis 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 airplane 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). ## Factual narrative On July 28, 2000, at 1822 mountain daylight time, a Cessna A188, N8188V, operated by Sun Western Flyers, Inc., was substantially damaged when it departed the side of the runway during landing roll at Gallup Municipal Airport, Gallup, New Mexico. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant aboard, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the ferry flight being operated under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated at Las Vegas, New Mexico, approximately 1530. According to the pilot, he had just purchased the airplane, and was ferrying it to its new home base in Yuma, Arizona. Because an annual inspection was not current, the FAA issued a ferry permit for this flight. The pilot departed Meadow Lake Airport, Colorado Springs, Colorado, around 1300 hours, refueled at Las Vegas, New Mexico, around 1520 hours, and was landing at Gallup 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 airplane 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. An FAA aviation safety inspector went to the scene. He stated that physical evidence suggested that the landing gear failed due to excessive side loads. Examination of the runway provided evidence of gouging caused by the right main wheel assembly, the right main gear strut, and propeller. 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. Landing on runway 06 would have presented a 70 degree left crosswind, and would have provided a headwind component of 15 knots and a crosswind component of 5 knots (see Crosswind Component Chart). In a telephone conversation with a Cessna representative, he said that in the pilots' operating handbook (POH), for this Cessna A188, which is a 1968 version, there is not a demonstrated crosswind component listed. However, there is a demonstrated crosswind component of 17 miles per hour (15 knots), listed in the POH for the 1983 version. This can only be used as a reference, because the 1983 version has a maximum gross weight of 4200 lbs, which is 900 lbs higher then the 1968 version. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N8188V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8188V-2012-09-12), registration cancelled 2012-09-12, S/N 188-0438, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna A188 - Registry model: [Cessna A188](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188) (registry code 2073004) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 188-0438 - Engines: Continental IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Ferry, Part 91 - Registered owner: Sun Western Fliers, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: LVS, LAS VEGAS, NM - Airport: GUP, Gallup Municipal Airport, runway 24, 7,312 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 65; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 5,600 total, 4 in this make and model, 5,500 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 350° at 10 knots, gusting 15 - Visibility: 25 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 93 °F, dew point 37 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: GUP ## 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 20000728009159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000728009159A), Jul 28, 2000: Cessna A188, Gallup, NM, Substantial damage. (-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… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.