# NTSB DEN78FA030: Cessna 320, N4108T, Gallup, NM, March 4, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 4, 1978
- 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: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 23, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 143404
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN78FA030
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FA030

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0753   78/3/4  NR.GALLUP,NM          CESSNA 320          CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1600
        TIME - 0146                    N4108T              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
         GALLUP,NM                    ALBUQUERQUE,NM               WINDOW ROCK,AZ
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4108T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4108T-1978-12-05), registration cancelled 1978-12-05, S/N 320D0008, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320
- Registry model: [Cessna 320D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (registry code 2074512) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## 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 19780304010179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780304010179A), Mar 4, 1978: Cessna 320D, Gallup, NM, Destroyed

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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