- Date
- August 7, 2005, 09:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Gallup, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2584BStinson L-5G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20050807016409A
- Case key
- 62151
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Probable cause
an on-ground loss of control due to the flight controls becoming jammed because the pilot failed to properly secure his flight bag.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The winds were calm as the pilot made a three point landing on runway 06. He held full aft elevator as the airplane rolled out, but then it veered left off the side of the runway and into the grass. The pilot added power but the airplane ground looped and nosed down. The pilot said that when he took off from the departure airport, the contents of his flight bag spilled onto the rear floor. He surmised that some of the items may have interfered with the flight controls.
Factual narrative
On August 7, 2005, approximately 0945 mountain daylight time, a Stinson L-5G, N2584B, piloted by a commercial pilot, was substantially damaged when it ground looped during landing at Gallup Municipal Airport (GUP), Gallup, New Mexico. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated at Cottonwood, Arizona, approximately 0600, and was en route to Gallup, New Mexico.
The pilot said that the winds were calm as he made a three point landing on runway 06. He held full aft elevator as the airplane rolled out, but then it veered left off the side of the runway and into the grass. The pilot added power but the airplane ground looped and nosed down. The pilot said that when he took off from Cottonwood, Arizona, the contents of his flight bag spilled onto the rear floor. He surmised that some of the items may have interfered with the flight controls.
Postaccident inspection by an FAA inspector revealed that one of the outer wing spars was broken, the fuselage and cowling showed signs of structural damage, and the outer spar on the left wing was broken.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2584B
- Reported as
- Stinson L-5G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 45-35012
- Engine
- Franklin Unknown, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- P52 · Cottonwood, AZ
- Destination
- GUP · Gallup, NM
- Airport
- GUP · Gallup Municipal, runway 06, 7,316 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 710 total · 20 in this make and model · 690 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 0 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.31 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.