# NTSB DEN85LA171: Cessna 172, N65184, Gallup, NM, June 24, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 23, 1985, 19:30 local (Jun 24, 1985, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Gallup, NM
- Coordinates: 35.520317, -108.729789 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5203&lon=-108.7298&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16710
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LA171
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16710/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA171

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - pull-up - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ON JUNE 23, 1985, A STUDENT PLT FLYING A C-172 DEPARTED THE SIDE OF THE RWY WHOLE LANDING AT GALLUP, NM. HE SAID THAT THE LANDING WAS MADE AT TOO HIGH AN AIRSPEED. UPON DEPARTING THE RWY THE ACFT PROCEEDED INTO A DITCH CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N65184](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65184-1988-11-02), registration cancelled 1988-11-02, S/N 17275703 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300C 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gallup Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: GUP, Senator Clarke, runway 6, 6,300 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F

## 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 19850623030329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850623030329A), Jun 23, 1985: Cessna 172P, Gallup, NM, Substantial damage. Student landed too fast and ran off side of runway. Struck a taxiway light and ran into a ditch.

## Other investigations on N65184 (1)

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.

- [NTSB DEN87FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87FA011), Oct 30, 1986: Cessna 172P (N65184), 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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