# NTSB DEN66D0066: Cessna 190, N4451C, Gallup, NM, July 1, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 1, 1965
- Place: Gallup, NM · GALLUP, NM
- Location: 35.5138° N, 108.7437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gallup, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5138&lon=-108.7437&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 8, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176987
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN66D0066
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN66D0066

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1993   65/7/1  NR.GALLUP N MEX       CESSNA 190          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 44, 500
        TIME - 1335                    N4451C              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER                       IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PWR PLT-MATERIAL FAILURE OF PROPELLER SEALS.
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- OIL FROM PROPELLER SPRAYE ENGINE AND WINDSHIELD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4451C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 190
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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.

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